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Pisano
[ pee-zah-naw ]
noun
- An·dre·a [ahn-, dre, -ah], c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- Gio·van·ni [jaw-, vahn, -nee], c1245–c1320, and his father, Ni·co·la [nee-, kaw, -lah], c1220–78, Italian sculptors and architects.
Pisano
/ piˈsaːno /
noun
- PisanoAndrea?12901348MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptorARCHITECTURE: architect Andrea (anˈdrea), real name Andrea de Pontedera. ?1290–1348, Italian sculptor and architect, noted for his bronze reliefs on the door of the baptistry in Florence
- PisanoGiovanni?1250?1320MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor Giovanni (dʒoˈvanni). ?1250–?1320, Italian sculptor, who successfully integrated classical and Gothic elements in his sculptures, esp in his pulpit in St Andrea, Pistoia
- PisanoNicola?1220?1284MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor his father, Nicola (niˈkɔːla). ?1220–?84, Italian sculptor, who pioneered the classical style and is often regarded as a precursor of the Italian Renaissance: noted esp for his pulpit in the baptistry of Pisa Cathedral
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Niccolò Pisano appears to have been born in Apulia, and to have come to Pisa about the middle of the thirteenth century.
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And it is really with such a painter as Giunta Pisano that Christian art pure and simple comes to end.
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Born at Pontedera, the pupil of Giovanni Pisano, this great and lovable artist has been robbed of much that belongs to him.
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The designs upon its panels, which are infinite in their variety, were made by Niccola Pisano and carried out by his son Giovanni.
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From this it is evident that the exuberance of Pisano's youth had yet to learn the reticence which comes with age.
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