GIOVANNI See also:

• PISANO, A
• PISANO, ANDREA
• GIOVANNI PISANO (c. 1250-1330)
• PISANO, NICCOLA (c. 1206-1278)
• PISANO, VITTORE (c. 1380-1456)

PISANO (c. 1250-1330)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian architect and sculptor, was the son of Niccola See also:

• PISANO, A
• PISANO, ANDREA
• PISANO, GIOVANNI (c. 1250-1330)
• PISANO, NICCOLA (c. 1206-1278)
• PISANO, VITTORE (c. 1380-1456)

Pisano . Together with Arnolfo del Cambio and other pupils, he See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed and extended into other parts of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy the See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

renaissance of See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture which in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main was due to his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent . After he had spent the first See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• LIFE

life at See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home as a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil and See also:

• FELLOW

fellow worker of ?See also:

• ART

art of the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

Tomb of See also:

• BENEDICT (BENEDICTUS)
• BENEDICT, SIR JULIUS (1804-1885)

Benedict XI., by Giovanni Pisano . Niccola, the younger Pisano was summoned between 127o and 1274 to See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, where he worked for See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou on the See also:

• CASTEL, LOUIS BERTRAND (1688-1757)

Castel Nuovo . One of his earliest See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent performances was the Campo Santo at See also:

• PISA
• PISA, COUNCIL OF (1409)

Pisa, finished about 1283; along with this he executed various pieces of sculpture over the main See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door and inside the See also:

• CLOISTER (Lat. claustrum; Fr. cloitre; Ital. chiostro; Span. claustro; Ger. Kloster)

cloister . The richest in See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design of all his See also:

• WORKS

works (finished about 1286) is in the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral of See also:

• AREZZO (anc. Arretium)

Arezzo—a magnificent See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble high See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar and See also:

• REREDOS (Anglo-Fr. areredos, from arere, behind, and dos, back)

reredos, adorned both in front and at the back with countless figures and reliefs—mostly illustrative of the lives of St See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory and St Donato, whose bones are enshrined there . The actual See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of this was probably wholly the See also:

• WORK

work of his pupils . In 1290 Giovanni was appointed architect or " See also:

• CAPO

capo See also:

• MAESTRO

maestro " of the new cathedral at See also:

• SIENA

Siena, in which See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office he succeeded Lorenzo Maitani, who went to See also:

• ORVIETO (anc. Volsinii (q.v.)

Orvieto to build the less ambitious but equally magnificent duomo which had just been founded there . The design of the gorgeous See also:

• FACADE

facade of that duomo has been attributed to him, but it is more probable that he only carried out Maitani's design . At See also:

• PERUGIA (anc. Perusia)

Perugia, Giovanni built the 1 The date on the door, 1330, refers to the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• WAX

wax See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model.PISANO, N . See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of S . Domenico in 1304, but little of the original structure remains .

The See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept, however, still contains his beautiful tomb of Benedict XI., with a sleeping figure of the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope, guarded by angels who draw aside the See also:

• CURTAIN

curtain . One of Giovanni's most beautiful architectural works was the little See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel of S . Maria della See also:

• SPINA (Lat. for a thorn, or prickle, also backbone, whence spine)

Spina (now rebuilt, " restored "), on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the See also:

• ARNO (anc. Arnus)
• ARNO, ARN

Arno in Pisa; the actual execution of this chapel, and the sculpture with which it is adorned, was mostly the work of his pupils .2 The See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his father Niccola is seen strongly in all Giovanni's works, but especially in the See also:

• PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit of S . See also:

• ANDREA, GIOVANNI (1275-1348)

Andrea at See also:

• PISTOIA
• PISTOIA, SYNOD OF

Pistoia, executed about 1300 . Another pulpit, designed on the same lines, was made by him for the See also:

• NAVE

nave of Pisa Cathedral between 1310 and 1311 . The last part of Giovanni's life was spent at See also:

• PRATO

Prato, near See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, where with many pupils he worked at the cathedral till his See also:

• DEATH

death about 1330 . See M . Sauerlandt, Uber See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Bildwerke See also:

• DES

des Giovanni Pisano, &c . (1904) ; A . Brach, Nicola and Giovanni Pisano and die Plastik des XIV . Jahrhunderts in Siena (1904) .