Nicola Pisano

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Nicola Pisano was a 13th-century Italian sculptor and architect renowned for pioneering the classical revival in Italian Gothic sculpture through his elaborately carved pulpits and fountains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic artist
Italian sculptor
architect
human
medieval artist
activeYearsEnd 1270s
activeYearsStart 1240s
commissionedBy Pisa Baptistery authorities NERFINISHED
Siena Cathedral chapter NERFINISHED
commune of Perugia NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Italy
Republic of Pisa NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth circa 1220
dateOfDeath circa 1278
fieldOfWork ecclesiastical architecture
monumental sculpture
stone carving
genre architectural sculpture
funerary sculpture
religious sculpture
influenced Arnolfo di Cambio NERFINISHED
Giovanni Pisano NERFINISHED
Italian Gothic sculpture
influencedBy Roman sarcophagi
classical Roman sculpture
movement Italian Gothic NERFINISHED
classical revival
name Nicola Pisano NERFINISHED
notableFor elaborately carved pulpits
integration of classical and Gothic styles
revival of classical forms in Gothic sculpture
notableWork Fontana Maggiore NERFINISHED
Pisa Baptistery pulpit reliefs NERFINISHED
Pulpit of the Baptistery of Pisa NERFINISHED
Pulpit of the Cathedral of Siena NERFINISHED
Siena Cathedral pulpit reliefs NERFINISHED
reliefs of the Fontana Maggiore in Perugia
occupation architect
sculptor
placeOfBirth Apulia NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Pisa NERFINISHED
relative Giovanni Pisano NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
student Giovanni Pisano NERFINISHED
style combination of Roman classicism and Gothic naturalism
workLocation Perugia NERFINISHED
Pisa NERFINISHED
Siena NERFINISHED

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Fontana Maggiore notableWorkOf Nicola Pisano
Fontana Maggiore sculptor Nicola Pisano