I recently decided on creating and releasing a new line of "Poster Prints" which I am calling "Tetraptych Photo Posters". Tetraptych comes from the word "Polyptych".
A polyptych (from the Greek polu- "many" + ptych? "fold") generally refers to a painting (usually panel painting) which is divided into four or more sections, or panels. (The term diptych is used to describe a two-part painting and the term triptych describes a three-part painting. The terms tetraptych (4 parts), pentaptych (5), hexaptych (6), heptaptych (7), and octaptych (8) are also sometimes used.)
Polyptychs were most common with Renaissance painters, the majority of polyptychs were designed to be altarpieces in churches and cathedrals. The form was also quite popular among ukiyo-e printmakers of Edo period Japan.
Tetraptych Photo Posters are printed on an archival inkjet printer and are mounted on a 1/4 inch mount board and framed in either a black metal or wood frame with glass. These Photo Posters offer a less costly answer to original museum quality mounted photographs.
