Giovanni Pisano's first major independent work was the façade of Siena Cathedral. He never completed this above the line of the gables over the doors. This lower part luckily preserves its original decoration, and here the first time one finds an Italian mason incorporating a major amount of large-scale figure sculpture into a façade design.

The façade turns decisively towards the Gothic in its decorative motifs and lavish use of large-scale figural sculpture. In contrast to Nicola, Giovanni's style is closer to the expressionistic Gothic of German sculpture than to the courtly style of France.

Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	Exterior view of the Cathedral 1284-99 Photo Duomo, Siena	1400*1005 True Color 198 Kb
	Exterior view of the Cathedral 1284-99 Photo Duomo, Siena	1005*1200 True Color 197 Kb
	Plato c. 1280 Stone Duomo, Siena	376*856 Grayscale 91 Kb
	Plato (detail) c. 1280 Marble Duomo, Siena	536*768 Grayscale 64 Kb
	Sibyl 1285-95 Marble Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena	717*1500 True Color 153 Kb
	Sibyl (detail) c. 1284 Stone Duomo, Siena	546*768 Grayscale 43 Kb
	Haggai 1285-95 Marbel, height 61 cm Duomo, Siena	606*872 Grayscale 101 Kb
	Isaiah (detail) 1285-97 Marble Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena	800*1035 Grayscale 72 Kb
	Isaiah (detail) 1285-97 Marble Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena	700*1005 Grayscale 72 Kb
	Moses c. 1290 Marble Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena	462*670 True Color 104 Kb
	Maria Moise (Miriam) 1285-97 Marble Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena	500*1414 Grayscale 68 Kb
	Maria Moise (Miriam) 1285-97 Marble Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena	700*1363 Grayscale 109 Kb
	Wolf 1300-10 Stone Palazzo Pubblico, Siena	1000*1209 True Color 158 Kb