Andrea Pisano
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Andrea Pisano (Pontedera 1290Template:Snd1348 Orvieto)<ref name="collier"/><ref>Murray, P. & L. (1996). Dictionary of art and artists. Penguin Books. Template:ISBN.</ref> also known as Andrea da Pontedera, was an Italian sculptor and architect.
BiographyEdit
Pisano initially learned the trade of a goldsmith.<ref>Template:Cite CE1913</ref> He later became an apprentice of Mino di Giovanni, about 1300, and worked with him on the sculpture for Santa Maria della Spina at Pisa and elsewhere. He produced his main works in Florence. It is assumed that Giotto was eventually more influential on his style than his earlier teacher. He produced the first (now on the southside) of the three bronze doors of the Baptistery in Florence. He worked on this major project between 1330–1336. The door consists of a number of small quatrefoil panels, the lower eight containing single figures of the Virtues, and the rest scenes from the life of John the Baptist.<ref name="EB1911">{{#if: |
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Andrea Pisano, while living in Florence, also produced many important works of marble sculpture, all of which show Giotto's influence. In 1340 he succeeded Giotto as Master of the Works of Florence's Cathedral.<ref name="collier">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> There he produced a series of reliefs, possibly designed by his former teacher, including the double band of panel-reliefs which Pisano executed for the great campanile. The subjects of these are the Four Great Prophets, the Seven Virtues, the Seven Sacraments, the Seven Works of Mercy and the Seven Planets. The {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} contains the most important works of Pisano in marble (now in its museum). In 1347 he became Master of the Works at Orvieto Cathedral, which had already been designed and begun by Lorenzo Maitani.<ref name="EB1911"/><ref name="collier"/> These and the cathedral's doors are Pisano's only surviving works. Pisano is known for contributing to freeing modern art from Byzantine influence. He died in 1348.<ref name="collier"/>
Andrea Pisano had two sons, Nino and Tommaso.<ref name="EB1911"/> Both eventually succeeded him as Master of the Works at Orvieto Cathedral.
Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Andrea Pisano in his Lives.
Pisano's most famous apprentice was Andrea di Cione, better known as Andrea Orcagna. Another of his apprentices, Giovanni di Balduccio, executed the shrine of Sant'Eustorgio in Milan.<ref name="EB1911"/>
GalleryEdit
- Sculptures in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence
- Andrea Pisano, Justitia from the south door of the Baptistery, 1330-36, Florence, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.jpg
Justitia from the south door of Florence Baptistery, 1330–36
- Andrea Pisano, The Creation of Adam and Eve, 1334-43, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.jpg
The Creation of Adam and Eve, 1334–43
- Andrea Pisano's workshop, The Sacrament of Extreme Unction, 1343-60, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.jpg
The Sacrament of Extreme Unction, 1343–60
- Andrea Pisano's workshop, Geometry, 1343-60, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.jpg
Geometry, c. 1343–60
- Andrea Pisano's workshop, Logic, 1343-60, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.jpg
Rhetoric, c. 1343–60
- Andrea e nino pisano, architettura, 1348-50, dal lato est del campanile 01.JPG
Architecture, 1348–50
- Andrea pisano, fidia ovvero la scultura, 1348-50, dal lato nord del campanile 01.JPG
Phidias (sculpture), 1348-50
- Andrea pisano, navigazione, 1343-60, dal lato est del campanile 01.JPG
Navigation, c. 1343–60
- Andrea Pisano, Jabal (sheep herding), 1334-43, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.jpg
Jabal (sheep herding), 1334–43
- Andrea Pisano, Daedalus, 1348-50, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.jpg
Daedalus, 1348–50
- Andrea Pisano, Horse riding, 1348-50, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.jpg
Horse riding, 1348–50
- Andrea Pisano, St Reparata, 1337-40, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.jpg
Santa Reparata, 1337–40
- Andrea Pisano, King Salomon, 1337-41, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.jpg
King Salomon, 1337–41
- Sculptures from Santa Maria della Spina in Pisa
- Interno Spina 06.JPG
San Pietro
- San Giovanni Andrea Pisano.JPG
San Giovanni
- Madonna del Latte copia.JPG
Madonna del Latte (copy)
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