Andrea Pisano (

Pontedera Pontedera (; ) is an Italian comune with a population of 30070, located in the province of Pisa, Tuscany, Central Italy, central Italy. The town is located 20 km (12 miles) from Pisa and 50 km (31 miles) from Florence. It houses the headquarte ...

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) also known as Andrea da Pontedera, was an

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and

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Biography

Pisano initially learned the trade of a

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. 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 Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for the Leaning Tow ...

and elsewhere. He produced his main works in

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. It is assumed that

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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

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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. 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 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. These and the cathedral's doors are Pisano's only surviving works. Pisano is known for contributing 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 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 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.

Gallery

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

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, 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, ''

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References

External links

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

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