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MUSEUM
IN PISA - ITALY
| CITY
OF ART
It is a marvellous city, well-known all over the
world for its beautiful monuments, though it was
damaged during World War II. Still today you can
see evidence of the city's past time in the popular
Piazza dei Miracoli and in its fabulous museums.
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- Museum of Sinopie
The Museum of Sinopie is located in a wing
of the XIII-century Ospedale della Misericordia,
not far from Piazza dei Miracoli. It is
a unique museum in the world since it contains
cartoons for the frescoes which decorated
the famous Camposanto complex in Piazza
dei Miracoli.
It's a two-storey museum:
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upstairs you can
find panes containing the most ancient
sinopie, such as: Giudizio Universale
(Last Judgment), Inferno (Hell), Storie
dei Santi Padri (Holy Fathers's Histories)
and the famous Trionfo della Morte (Triumph
of Death). All the sinopie in this section
were made by Buonamico Buffalmacco;
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downstairs you can
see five sinopie by Benozzo Gozzoli
portraying the past daily life.
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- Museum of the Opera del Duomo
The museum is located inside an ancient
palace at the south-east corner of Piazza
dei Miracoli. The palace dates back to XII
century. At first it was occupied; in 1784
it was the seat of the Academy of Fine Arts;
then it became an enclosed nunnery; today
it is the Museum of the Opera. It contains
the busts which were located in the outside
portico of the Baptistery, the works of
art by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano and the
tesoro del Duomo (Cathedral's treasure),
i.e. a collection of valuable objects, such
as the famous ivory Madonna by Giovanni
Pisano, coming from the medieval cathedral.
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- National Museum of St Matteo
It is located inside an ancient Benedictine
monastery near the river Arno. The museum
contains works coming from other convents
and beautiful works of art by:
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Giovanni Pisano:
Santa con Reliquario, Madonna
and Ballerina;
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Andrea Pisano: Madonna
col Bambino and Madonna del
Latte;
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Simone Martini: Polittico;
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Giunta Pisano: Crocifisso;
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Maestro di San Martino:
Madonna col Bambino and Episodi
dell'infanzia di Gesù.
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