"pulpit of the baptistery"
Pisa, Italy 1259-1260 BCE
Marble, 15' high
Late Gothic Sculpture
Features: trefoil (triple-curved arches), round arches like Roman architecture. Medieval theme with classical undertones. Capitals with 2 rows of thick overlapping leaves crowning the columns are a Gothic variation of the Corinthian capital. The rectangular reliefs resemble Roman sarcophagus.
"classical" refers to Greco-Roman antiquity.
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