pulpit

(noun)

A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands to conduct the sermon.

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Examples of pulpit in the following topics:

  • Italian Gothic Sculpture: The Pisano Family

    • The inspiration for the pulpit probably came from the triumphal arches in Rome.
    • He worked alongside his father on the pulpit in the Siena Cathedral and the Fontana Maggiore in Perugia.
    • Giovanni's greatest work is arguably a pulpit at the Cathedral of Pisa sculpted between 1302 and 1310.
    • Pulpit (detail): the Annunciation to the Shepherds and the Adoration of the Magi.
    • The trefoil arches supporting the pulpit show French Gothic influence.

  • Sculpture

    • One of his masterworks is the Pulpit in the Pisa baptistery .

  • Architecture of Djenne

    • To the right of the mihrab in the central tower is a second niche, the pulpit or minbar, from which the imam preaches his Friday sermon.

  • Renaissance Sculpture in Florence

    • Donatello's other important projects in and near Florence include the marble pulpit of the facade of the Prato cathedral, the carved Cantoria or choir at the Florence Duomo, which was influenced by ancient sarcophagi and Byzantine ivory chests, the Annunciation scene for the Cavalcanti altar in the church of Santa Croce, and a bust of Young Man with a Cameo, the first example of a lay bust portrait since the classical era.

  • Architecture of the Inca

    • The church, built in 1563, houses a carved wooden pulpit that is considered the epitome of colonial era woodwork in the city.