Giovanni Pisano
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Giovanni Pisano (c. 1250-c. 1315) was an Italian sculptor and architect who brought emotional intensity and dramatic movement to Gothic sculpture in Italy. Son of the great sculptor Nicola Pisano, Giovanni trained in his father's workshop and collaborated on the pulpit of Siena Cathedral before striking out on his own.
Giovanni's pulpits at Pistoia (1297-1301) and Pisa Cathedral (1302-10) feature deeply undercut reliefs with turbulent crowds and expressive figures that go well beyond his father's more classical restraint. He also carved the facade figures of Siena Cathedral and a celebrated ivory Madonna and Child. His emotional, almost proto-Renaissance style influenced Tuscan sculpture for generations.
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About Giovanni Pisano
Giovanni is known for dramatically expressive Gothic pulpits in Pistoia and Pisa Cathedral. His deeply carved, emotional reliefs pushed Italian sculpture toward the narrative power that would blossom in the Renaissance.
Nicola Pisano drew heavily on classical Roman sculpture for calm, dignified figures. Giovanni pushed toward greater emotion, movement, and Gothic expressiveness. His crowded, turbulent reliefs convey dramatic storytelling where Nicola's are more restrained.
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