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![Giovanni Pisano, Pisa Pulpit](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Pisa-Pulpit-thumb-570x350.jpg)
Giovanni Pisano, Pisa Pulpit
Some distortions are deliberate. This pulpit has its critics, but it coheres in real life—just not in photos.
![Pietro Cavallini, <em>The Last Judgment</em>](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Pietro-Cavallini-the-last-judgment-fresco-thumb-570x350.jpg)
Pietro Cavallini, The Last Judgment
Monumental figures like these apostles hadn’t been seen since ancient Rome. What sensitivity to rhythm and color!
![Nicola Pisano, Pulpit, Pisa Baptistery, and Giovanni Pisano, Pulpit, Sant’Andrea church, Pistoia](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/PIsano-Slaughter.png)
Nicola Pisano, Pulpit, Pisa Baptistery, and Giovanni Pisano, Pulpit, Sant’Andrea church, Pistoia
Does that muscular nude look familiar? Figures from classical antiquity make a reappearance.