Diptychs: photography and digital art
Traditional
A diptych (pronounced “dip-tick”) is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. Devices of this form were quite popular in the ancient world, types existing for recording notes and for measuring time and direction. The term is also used figuratively for a thematically-linked sequence of two books.
Modern
In modern digital art and photography a diptych is used to describe two images that are stuck together. A Triptych is very similar, instead of 2 faces, it has three.
Examples
Credit: Panda Cat Baby (Flickr)
Credit: Frida Fritteuse (Flickr)
Potential scenarios
- Past & Present
- Old & New
- Night & Day
- Hot & Cold
- Dry & Wet
- Far & Near
- Front & Back
- Comparisons
