Nicola Pisano. Nativity, 
Pulpit from Pisa's Baptistry c1259
Italian Gothic,
Nicola Pisano. Nativity, 
Detail of Pulpit from Pisa's Baptistry c1259
Italian Gothic,
typological exegesis
continuous narrative

 
 
Simone Martini, (central panel) 
Annunciation, 1333 
10'x8' 

Lippo Memmi, (Wings)

Frame 19th C Anonymous

polyptych, diptych and triptych


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DUCCIO di Buoninsegna, Annunciation 1308-11
Tempera on wood, 43 x 44 cm  National Gallery, London
predella Maesta Altar

 
 

 
 

Giotto, Christ Entering Jerusalem c1305
 
 

Duccio, Christ Entering Jerusalem c1308-11
Part of a Larger panel called the "Maesta Altar"
polyptych
diptych
triptych


DUCCIO di Buoninsegna, Maestà (Madonna with Angels and Saints) 1308-11
Tempera and gold on wood, 7'x13'  (214 x 412 cm) Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
 


DUCCIO di Buoninsegna, Stories of the Passion (Maestà, verso)1308-11
Tempera on wood, 212 x 425 cm Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Pietro Lorenzetti, 
The Birth of the Virgin, 
from Siena Cathedral, 1342.
Tempera and gold on wood, frame partially replaced
6'x5' Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena

apochryphal