Some distortions are deliberate. This pulpit has its critics, but it coheres in real life—just not in photos.
Late Gothic art in Pisa Pistoia and Rome
Monumental figures like these apostles hadn’t been seen since ancient Rome. What sensitivity to rhythm and color!
Pietro Cavallini, The Last Judgment
Does that muscular nude look familiar? Figures from classical antiquity make a reappearance.
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