Giovanni Pisano's first major independent work was the façade of Siena Cathedral. He never completed this above the line of the gables over the doors. This lower part luckily preserves its original decoration, and here the first time one finds an Italian mason incorporating a major amount of large-scale figure sculpture into a façade design.

The façade turns decisively towards the Gothic in its decorative motifs and lavish use of large-scale figural sculpture. In contrast to Nicola, Giovanni's style is closer to the expressionistic Gothic of German sculpture than to the courtly style of France.

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	Exterior view of the Cathedral 1284-99 Photo Duomo, Siena
	Exterior view of the Cathedral 1284-99 Photo Duomo, Siena
	Plato c. 1280 Stone Duomo, Siena
	Plato (detail) c. 1280 Marble Duomo, Siena
	Sibyl 1285-95 Marble Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
	Sibyl (detail) c. 1284 Stone Duomo, Siena
	Haggai 1285-95 Marbel, height 61 cm Duomo, Siena
	Isaiah (detail) 1285-97 Marble Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
	Isaiah (detail) 1285-97 Marble Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
	Moses c. 1290 Marble Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
	Maria Moise (Miriam) 1285-97 Marble Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
	Maria Moise (Miriam) 1285-97 Marble Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
	Wolf 1300-10 Stone Palazzo Pubblico, Siena