SCULPTOR

Nicola Pisano

1225 - 1284

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Nicola Pisano (also called Niccolò Pisano, Nicola de Apulia or Nicola Pisanus; c. 1220/1225 – c. 1284) was an Italian sculptor whose work is noted for its classical Roman sculptural style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicola Pisano has received more than 221,010 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Nicola Pisano is the 18th most popular sculptor (up from 23rd in 2019), the 694th most popular biography from Italy (up from 762nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Sculptor.

Nicola Pisano is most famous for his work on the pulpit in the cathedral of Pisa.

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Nicola Pisano ranks 18 out of 258. Before him are Bertel Thorvaldsen, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Constantin Brâncuși, Giambologna, Scopas, and Henry Moore. After him are Marie Tussaud, Jacopo Sansovino, Luca della Robbia, Alessandro Algardi, Giovanni Pisano, and Alexander Calder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1225, Nicola Pisano ranks 3. Before him are Thomas Aquinas, and Pope Innocent V. After him are Gertrude of Hohenberg, David VI of Georgia, Coppo di Marcovaldo, Bolesław the Pious, Isabelle of France, Władysław Opolski, John XI of Constantinople, Sanchia of Provence, and Konrad von Würzburg. Among people deceased in 1284, Nicola Pisano ranks 2. Before him is Alfonso X of Castile. After him are Tekuder, Boetius of Dacia, Siger of Brabant, Hōjō Tokimune, Hugh III of Cyprus, Peter I, Count of Alençon, George, Emperor of Trebizond, Sturla Þórðarson, Adelaide of Holland, and Alphonso, Earl of Chester.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Nicola Pisano ranks 694 out of 5,161. Before him are Camillus de Lellis (1550), Dino Buzzati (1906), Pisanello (1395), Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1562), Joseph of Cupertino (1603), and Agathocles of Syracuse (-361). After him are Pope Marcellinus (250), Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938), Giacinto Facchetti (1942), Pescennius Niger (135), Beatrice Cenci (1577), and Francesco Guardi (1712).

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Among SCULPTORS In Italy

Among sculptors born in Italy, Nicola Pisano ranks 4. Before him are Benvenuto Cellini (1500), Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378), and Antonio Canova (1757). After him are Jacopo Sansovino (1486), Luca della Robbia (1399), Alessandro Algardi (1595), Giovanni Pisano (1248), Andrea Pisano (1290), Andrea della Robbia (1435), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), and Andrea Sansovino (1467).

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