Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Pisa Cathedral Doors
Image View:
Center door, Life of the Virgin, middle right panel: Death of the Virgin
Creator:
Giambologna (Flemish sculptor, 1529-1608); Hans Reichle (German sculptor, ca.1570-1642); Pietro Tacca (Italian sculptor, 1577-1640)
Location:
repository: Pisa Cathedral (Pisa, Tuscany, Italy)
GPS:
43.723333 10.395278
Date:
ca. 1600-1601 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
Work Type 1:
bas-relief (sculpture)
Work Type 2:
door
Work Type 3:
bas-relief (sculpture)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
bronze
Technique:
casting (process)
Relation Work:
part of Pisa Cathedral
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; cycles or series; New Testament; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; life of Christ; life of the Virgin; Assumption; Nativity; Annunciation; presentation in the Temple; Passion; Calvary
Description:
Under the aegis of Giambologna a number of pupils collaborated on the three pairs of bronze doors (ca. 1600) for the western façade of Pisa Cathedral. Tacca's first known independent work is the Adoration of the Magi relief (1601). (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart. com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
6A1-GB-PCD-A32
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Pisa Cathedral Doors