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Nicola Pisano

The Crucifixion

The suspended figure of the frail, sorrowful Christ is a fulcrum from which diverge complex and fluctuating waves - trembling, nervous vibrations that pass over forms delicately modeled by the soft quivering of the light. Subtle linear inflections dim the impassioned dramatic vehemence with a touching pathos that strikes its most intense note in the weeping women around the swooning Virgin.

How to cite

Bruno Balestrini (photograph), “The Crucifixion”, work by Nicola Pisano, Gothic Sculpture, Siena, Cathedral. Bruno Balestrini Photographic Archive, https://brunobalestrini.org/cita/sch00560/. Accessed [date accessed].

This English text was translated with the help of artificial intelligence (Claude) from the Italian original, except where an English version already existed in the original archive. Read the Italian version.