Barisano da Trani was an Italian sculptor of the 12th century. He is best known for his bronze relief door panels on the doors of churches such as

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(1185) and

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(1179). Barisano da Trani also made relief door panels for churches in Astrano and in

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on the

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. Barisano preferred panels on doors which included religious figures, often making them decorative and symbolic. His carving showed similarities with Nordic sculpture and in some works recalls the

Sassanid art Sasanian art, or Sassanid art, was produced under the Sasanian Empire which ruled from the 3rd to 7th centuries AD, before the Muslim conquest of Persia was completed around 651. In 224 AD, the last Parthian king was defeated by Ardashir I. The r ...

of the Middle East."Le muse", De Agostini, Novara, 1964, Vol.II, pag.54-55

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