Pisano's "Annunciation and (Nativity) Adoration of the Shepherds"

Nicola Pisano
"Annunciation, Nativity, and Adoration of the Shepherds"
relief panel on the baptistery pulpit
Pisa, Italy
1259-1260BCE
Marble

Classical sculpture is noticed in the faces, beards, coiffures, draperies. mary is seen twice in different sizes

Giovanni Pisano (Nicola's son)

"Annunciation and Adoration of the Shepherds"

a relief panel on the pulpit of Sant'Andrea

Pistoia, Italy

French Gothic style influenced this work. Nervous agitation is detected as if "moved by spiritual passion". The figures look jumbled and stressed. The deep spaces between the people suggest motion.