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Italia Pisa 6 Pulpit from the Duomo
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The Carrara marble Italian Gothic pulpit is the work of Giovanni Pisano (c. 1250-1314), the son of Nicola Pisano. It took eight years (1302 to 1310) to complete from the time of commissioning. It is hard to believe but the pulpit was not in place for over three hundred years. It was installed in the right choir but damaged by a fire in 1595 and dismantled. Most of the fragments were gathered into a problematic reconstruction in 1926, while others are dispersed in museums around the world. Octagonal in shape, the shape was at least partly determined by the size of the building. There is a platform at the top of the stairs, which allowed for two additional reliefs. The pulpit has 9 historiated panels, 2 flat ones on the platform and 7 on the main body of the pulpit in a new convex shape. This convex shape gives a circular impression to the monument. In 1987 the whole square was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site – PowerPoint PPT presentation
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Title: Italia Pisa 6 Pulpit from the Duomo
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PISA
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Allinterno del Duomo
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Nel Campo dei Miracoli
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The son of the sculptor Nicola Pisano, Giovanni
Pisano, was listed as an assistant to his father
in the contract for the pulpit in the Siena
Cathedral. From 1284 to 1294 Giovanni worked on
the Siena Cathedral, executing a number of
life-sized statues of kings, prophets, and sibyls
for the facade and flank. In 1302 Giovanni was
commissioned to make a marble pulpit for the
Cathedral in Pisa. It is markedly different from
his and his father's other pulpits. Polygonal,
with curving rather than flat sides, the
architectural portions are elaborate and
sculpturesque. The various parts of the pulpit
are uneven in execution, which suggests the
presence of numerous assistants. Work on this
pulpit continued until 1310
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On the north side of the nave, Giovanni Pisano's
stunning pulpit has regained its rightful place.
The masterpiece was built between 1302 and 1311.
This pulpit with its dramatic scenes has become
his masterwork. After the fire of 1595 it was
packed away during the redecoration and was not
rediscovered and re-erected until 1926
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As is well known, the Duomo of Pisa was almost
completely destroyed by fire in 1595, but the
dome did not collapse and protected the pulpit
sheltered under it. When the building was
reconstructed some years later, Giovanni's pulpit
was considered obsolete, and by I602 all its
marble components were put in storage until 1926.
Then it was put back in its original spot in the
cathedral ("Scared Destinations"). However, when
it was put back together it was assembled
incorrectly
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The pulpits by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano were
produced during a period of enormous economic,
intellectual, cultural and spiritual flux.
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2011
Text Internet Pictures Daniela Iacob All
copyrights belong to their respective owners
Presentation Sanda Foisoreanu
Sound W.A.Mozart Requiem (I.Introit
II.Kyrie)
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