Deposition

With a similar style, but with a far greater creative capacity, the personality of Antelami asserted itself a few years later. The very acute plastic sensibility, derived from Wiligelmo, is expressed in a softer manner, with gradual transitions played on very delicate effects of light and shade; the result is figures of a human presence less violent and peremptory than in Wiligelmo, but enriched by inner complexity; and sadness has turned into a lofty melancholy.