Sculpture

For about 100 years prior, Gothic sculpture predominated France, Britain, and Germany. With the harkening of Romanesque and humanist style, Italian sculpture, much like Italian architecture, took on a shape of its own, while still respecting a Gothic forbearance in European society. Below are a some examples of Italian sculpture between 1200 and 1400.

Nicola Pisano (active ca. 1258-1278)

Pisa baptistery pulpit (hexagonal), 1260, Marble

Annunciation and Nativity

Adoration of the Magi, 1260, Pisa baptistery pulpit

Presentation in the Temple

Crucifixion

Giovani Pisano (1250-1320), son of Nicola Pisano, sculptor, and chief of architect of the Siena Cathedral. Like his father, Giovani also designed a pulpit for the baptistery at Pisa.