biography
pronunciation:
[peesahnoh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1225–78 /84)
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| biography:
| Sculptor, architect, and engineer, probably born in Apulia, SE Italy. His first great work was the sculpted panels for the pulpit in the Baptistery in Pisa, finished in 1260, whose powerful dramatic composition was carved in high relief. He collaborated with his son Giovanni on a pulpit for the cathedral at Siena (1268), and on the Fontana Maggiore in Perugia. Although working in a traditional Gothic style, he studied classical sculpture, and incorporated this into his own work. |
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