Nel Campo dei Miracoli6

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YOU CAN WATCH THIS PRESENTATION IN MUSIC HERE: http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/sandamichaela-1170973-nel-campo-dei-miracoli6/ The pulpit in the Cathedral of Pisa designed by Giovanni Pisano at the beginning of the 14th century. The Carraran marble Italian Gothic pulpit is the work of Giovanni Pisano (c. 1250-1314), the son of Nicola Pisano. It took eight years (1302 to 1310) to complete from the time of commissioning. It is hard to believe but the pulpit was not in place for over three hundred years. It was installed in the right choir but damaged by a fire in 1595 and dismantled. Most of the fragments were gathered into a problematic reconstruction in 1926, while others are dispersed in museums around the world. It is almost impossible to take in at one sitting or viewing. It overwhelms with detail. Many hands have worked on it. The themes are many and complex. There is less stylistic unity and the decorative elements seem more profuse. Octagonal in shape, the shape was at least partly determined by the size of the building. There is a platform at the top of the stairs, which allowed for two additional reliefs. The pulpit has 9 historiated panels, 2 flat ones on the platform and 7 on the main body of the pulpit in a new convex shape. This convex shape gives a circular impression to the monument. In 1987 the whole square was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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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

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

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 yearslater, Giovanni's pulpit was considered obsolete, and by I602all 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