Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 178
rks in sculpture especially, thisflourishing community seems to have been the earliestcollector. It is therefore appropriate that the revival of this artshould have begun in Pisa. Niccolo Pisano (Nicholas ofPisa) is the acknowledged initiator of the movement. His workis most conveniently studied in… … B 379, Pulpit. Baptistery, Pisa. Niccolo Pisano, 1206 ?-1278 ? i6o Mornings with Masters of Art if only it did not lean. The pulpit is a little hexagonal en-closure resting upon pillars which, in turn, rest upon the backsof lions, most unplausible and inartistic of suggestions, whichseems to have…
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