What is an altarpiece Fra Angelico s San Marco Altarpiece

What is an altarpiece?

This video describes what an altarpiece is and how it functions. It also considers its role within the Catholic Church and its relationship to the Eucharist. It looks at a specific altarpiece by Italian Renaissance artist Fra Angelico called the San Marco Altarpiece, which now hangs in a museum in Florence, Italy.

This short video is part of a series where we break down key terms in art history, archaeology, and history.

*CHAPTERS*
0:00 What is an altarpiece?
1:12 Altarpieces above altars in a church
1:30 An altar and the Eucharist
2:11 Altarpieces and Christian narratives

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Speaker: Dr. Heather Graham

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