| 单词 |
retablo |
| 释义 |
retablo
[Sp., see retable.]
= retable; also, a votive picture displayed in a church.
1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 411 The Retablo is full of old carvings. 1906R. Fry Let. 13 Sept. (1972) I. 269 They [sc. tombs] are..in the middle of the choir with a huge gold and blue retablo behind them. 1930Mexican Arts (Amer. Fed. Arts) 43 A type of Mexican painting that deserves special attention..is the retablo, or votive picture offering. 1939Mexican Art & Life Apr., ‘Retablos’ in Mexico are little stories of religious character told in pictures and always represent a happening in which great misfortune was threatened but averted through the opportune intervention of some saint invoked by the person in distress. 1950G. Brenan Face of Spain ii. 55 The whole of one end [of a church] was taken up by a vast gilt retablo, carved and scrolled and ornamented, in the centre of which..stood the miracle-working Virgin. 1965C. Causley in New Statesman 12 Nov. 738/2 Christ hung down like a hawk-moth caterpillar,..As I walked through the glittering Precinct All the retablos burned like gold. 1976Arizona Republic 16 May n3/1 There is a companion exhibit of Mexican folk retablos, 70 images on tin plates as produced by various Mexican folk artists. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 9 May 535/3 Peeling, retablo-like posters of high-kicking chorines. |
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