03 — ARTWORK
Virgin and Child
- MEDIUM
- Marble
- TYPE
- Religious
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The marbleloosely applied to any hard limestone that can be sawn into thin slabs and will take a good polish so that it is suitable for decorative work; more strictly, it refers to metamorphosed limestones whose structure has been recrystallized by heat or pressure. Marbles are widely disseminated and occur in a great variety of colours and patterns, but certain types have been particularly prized by sculptors. The most famous of Greek white marbles in the ancient world was the close-grained Pentelic, which was quarried at Mount Pentelicon in Attica. The Elgin Marbles are carved in Pentelic. Widely used also were the somewhat coarser-grained translucent white marbles from the Aegean islands of Paros and Naxos. Parian marble was used for the celebrated Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. The pure white Carrara marble, quarried at Massa, Carrara, and Pietra Santa in Tuscany from the 3rd century BC, is the most famous of all sculptors' stones. It was used for the Apollo Belvedere, and was much favoured in the Renaissance, particularly by Michelangelo, who often visited the quarries to select material for his work. Neoclassical sculptors also favoured Carrara marble because of its ability to take a smooth, sleek surface, but it can look rather 'dead' compared with some of the finest Greek marbles. statues of the Madonna and Child, known as the Madonna d'Arrigo, and personificationan imaginary person conceived as representing a thing, concept or deity. of the city of Pisa (right) are by Giovanni Pisano from 1313 and coming from the external lunetteIn architecture, a semicircular space, such as that over a door or window or in a vaulted roof, that may contain a window, painting or sculptural decoration. of the Porta di San Ranieri, exhibited now in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Pisa.
The damaged, seated Virgin and Child survives from a group that included a personification of Pisa, the Emperor Henry VII, and Angels for the tympanumIn classical architecture, the triangular area enclosed by a pediment, often decorated with sculptures. In medieval architecture, the semi-circular area over a a door's lintel, enclosed by an arch, often decorated with sculptures or mosaics. of the Porta di San Ranieri in Pisa CathedralThe principal church of a province or diocese, where the throne of the bishop is placed. For reasons lost to time and tradition, a cathedral always faces west - toward the setting sun. The altar is placed at the east end. The main body, or nave, of the cathedral is usually divided into one main and two side aisles. These lead up to the north and south transepts, or arms of the cross, the shape in which a cathedral is usually formed.. Its authorship is contested; it could be the work of Giovanni himself, his workshop, or collaborator Tino di Camaino, but Giovanni must have been responsible for the bold movement of the knees, in which the garments open in ample, rhythmic cadences.
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title = {Virgin and Child by PISANO, Giovanni},
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date = {2026-09-09},
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