Nicola & Giovanni Pisano: The Pulpits

by Anita Moskowitz

In the year 1260, Nicola Pisano, the sculptor who initiated the revival of classicizing ideals that would later form a major component of Italian Renaissance art, created a remarkable and unusual monument for the Baptistry of Pisa, a hexagonal pulpit supported by seven colorful columns and displaying on its parapet five visually compelling narrative reliefs; several years later he designed a second pulpit, this time for the cathedral of Siena. Toward...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1872501494
• ISBN13: 9781872501499
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Harvey Miller
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 4.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.9" x 11.3"