PISANO, Giovanni
(b. ca. 1250, Pisa, d. 1314, Pisa)

Pulpit (detail)

1302-11
Marble
Cathedral, Pisa

The outer supports of the pulpit consist of columns standing on low plinths or lions, or of full-length figures. Above rise the arches richly carved with exuberant acanthus scrolls, with Prophets in the spandrels and standing Sibyls above the capitals.