In art history, there are terms for artworks made of multiple panels, such as diptych, triptych, and polyptych. What do they mean? This video defines these terms and discusses how these types of objects have been used over centuries. It uses examples ranging from Byzantine ivory panels to painted Ethiopian panels and Keith Haring's 20th-century example and Bill Viola's Martyrs.

Speaker: Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank