FILE: 08_Annunciation and Nativity_Nicola.jpg

TITLE: Annunciation and The Nativity. NICOLA PISANO. Pisa Cathedral. Pisa, Italy. 1259. ITALIAN GOTHIC.

DESCRIPTION: Detail from Pulpit of the Baptistry, by NICOLA PISANO (father of Giovanni). Attempt to look classical. Carved marble. Mary reclining. Baby Jesus getting a bath = iconography. Baptism symbolized.