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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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Sound : W.A.Mozart – Requiem (I.Introit II.Kyrie) Pictures : Daniela Iacob Arangement : Sanda Foişoreanu www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda