Arnolfo di Cambio
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Arnolfo di Cambio was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Duecento, who began as a lead assistant to Nicola Pisano. He is documented as being capomaestro or Head of Works for Florence Cathedral in 1300, and designed the sixth city wall around Florence (1284–1333).
Tomb of Cardinal de Braye, Orvieto, San Domenico, c. 1282
Detail of the tomb of Riccardo Cardinal Annibaldi, at St. John Lateran. This was the first major work of Arnolfo in Rome.
Tomb of Pope Boniface VIII
Crib group, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
Nicola Pisano
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Nicola Pisano was an Italian sculptor whose work is noted for its classical Roman sculptural style. Pisano is sometimes considered to be the founder of modern sculpture.
Posthumous 19th century portrait statue of Nicola Pisano at the Uffizi in Florence
Pulpit (detail): the "Nativity" and Annunciation to the Shepherds
Phaedra and Hippolytus Sarcophagus, 1-2 ct. C.E., Camposanto, Pisa
Nicola Pisano's Pisa pulpit with the first two reliefs and the Hercules beneath