Pisano

Nicola Pisano, 1220/25 - 1284?
Giovanni Pisano, c1245/50 - after 1313
Sculptors and architects

	"Giovanni was commissioned to make the model for the facade of the Duomo of Siena, which was subsequently built from his model very richly and magnificently." (II-11) Giovanni was responsible for the sculptural programme of Siena Cathedral, where he was working between about 1284 and 1296.
	Plato (above) and Simeon; Figures carved for the facade of Siena cathedral
	"The people of Pistoia had Giovanni make a marble pulpit for the church of Sant' Andrea, similar to the one his father had made in the Duomo in Siena" (II-13) Pulpit, Pistoia, 1297-1301
	"Giovanni finished his pulpit in four years, having divided the work into five scenes from the life of Jesus Christ." (II-13) Massacre of the Innocents, pulpit, Pistoia
	"The warden of Pisa, Nello di Giovanni Falconi, commissioned Giovanni to do the great pulpit of the Duomo, which is on the right going towards the high altar, attached to the choir." (II-15) Pulpit, Duomo, Pisa 1302-1310
	"Little by little he brought it to the form in which it is seen today, resting it partly on figures and partly on some columns sustained by lions." (II-15) The cardinal virtues, pulpit, Duomo, Pisa
	"and at the sides he did some scenes from the life of Christ." (II-15) The Flight into Egypt, pulpit, Duomo, Pisa
	"But it is truly a shame that so much expense, so much diligence and so much effort should not have been accompanied by good design, and should lack the perfection, in the absence of invention, grace or style of any worth, such as is possessed by any work of our time made even with less expense and effort." (II-15) Massacre of the Innocents, pulpit, Duomo, Pisa Fortunately, later generations have not shared Vasari's critical opinion.