. A new history of painting in Italy, from the II to the XVI century; . Giovanni Pisano. MADONNA AND CHILD (IVORY) Duomo, Pisa. GIOVANNI PISANO 119 than , he might possibly have been the author of the externaladditions to the Baptistery of Pisa, by which that ancient edificewas in 1278 incrusted with balconies, arches, pillars, and statuettes ;and the old frieze of Bonamicus on the eastern gate was crownedby a standing figure of the Virgin and Child between two saints,one of whom, S. John, introduced to her the youthful kneelingfigure of one Pietro.^ Here Giovanni laboured in that grands
. A new history of painting in Italy, from the II to the XVI century; . Giovanni Pisano. MADONNA AND CHILD (IVORY) Duomo, Pisa. GIOVANNI PISANO 119 than , he might possibly have been the author of the externaladditions to the Baptistery of Pisa, by which that ancient edificewas in 1278 incrusted with balconies, arches, pillars, and statuettes ;and the old frieze of Bonamicus on the eastern gate was crownedby a standing figure of the Virgin and Child between two saints,one of whom, S. John, introduced to her the youthful kneelingfigure of one Pietro.^ Here Giovanni laboured in that grandstyle which marked his work at Perugia, a style by which otherworks of the same period might likewise be distinguished. Thelife size Virgin and Child in the interior of the Campo Santo ^ maybe placed amongst this class, and admitted as one revealing in themaster a f eehng of grandeur allied to a study of nature in its happiestmood. The infants playful smile pleasantly contrasts with theclassical features of the Virgin, her antique profile and broadfleshy throat, and u
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