Andrea Pisano (

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) also known as Andrea da Pontedera, was an

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and

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Biography

Pisano first learned the trade of a

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. Pisano then became a pupil of Mino di Giovanni, about 1300, and worked with him on the sculpture for S. Maria della Spina at

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and elsewhere. He made his chief works in

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, and the formation of his mature style was due rather to

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than to his earlier master. Of the three world-famed bronze doors of the Baptistery in Florence, the earliest one on the south side was Pisano's work; he started it in 1330 and finished it in 1336. It 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

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. Andrea Pisano, while living in Florence, also produced many important works of marble sculpture, all of which strongly show Giotto's influence. In 1340 he succeeded Giotto as Master of the Works of

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. 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 duomo contains the chief of Pisano's other Florentine works in marble. In 1347 he became Master of the Works at

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, which had already been designed and begun by

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. These and the aforementioned doors are Pisano's only known works. Pisano also contributed to freeing

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from

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influence. He died in 1348. Andrea Pisano had two sons, Nino and Tommaso. Both sons eventually succeeded him as Master of the Works at Orvieto Cathedral.

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includes a biography of Andrea Pisano in his ''

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''. Pisano's chief pupil was Andrea di Cione, better known as Andrea Orcagna. Another pupil,

Giovanni di Balduccio Giovanni di Balduccio (c. 1290 – after 1339) was an Italian sculptor of the Medieval period. Life The artist was born in Pisa, and likely did not train directly with the famous Pisan sculptor Andrea Pisano. He travelled to Milan to help s ...

, executed the shrine of

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in Milan.

Gallery

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File:San Giovanni Andrea Pisano.JPG, ''San Giovanni'',

File:Madonna del Latte copia.JPG, ''Madonna del Latte'',

References

External links

Panels by Andrea Pisano in Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pisano, Andrea 1290 births 1340s deaths People from the Province of Pisa Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 14th-century Italian architects Gothic sculptors