Giovanni Pisano
The Massacre of the Innocents
The broken clash of sculptural masses lacking all continuity, the dissonant emergence of the figures from the background, in disjointed tangles, lashed by irrational flashes of light, are meant to be the literal transcription of the helpless fury of the mothers of Bethlehem, relived in a spirit of hallucinated drama.
How to cite
Bruno Balestrini (photograph), “The Massacre of the Innocents”, work by Giovanni Pisano, Gothic Sculpture, Pistoia, St. Andrew. Bruno Balestrini Photographic Archive, https://brunobalestrini.org/cita/sch00589/. Accessed [date accessed].