Giorgio Vasari-k (1511-1574), artearen historiaren eraitzailetzat hartzen den Arkitekto, eskultore eta margolari bikainenen bizitza (Le vite de’ più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architettori) obra argitaratu zuen Florentzian 1550ean eta 1568an. Egileak erdi aroan gauzatu zen Pisako Duomoaren eraikuntza aipatzen du hitzaurrean. Eraikuntza, Buschetto arkitektoaren zuzendaritzapean hasi zen XI. mendean eta estilo erromatar eta bizantziarrean oinarritzen da.
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« From such beginnings design and a general improvement in the arts began to make headway in Tuscany, as in the year 1016 when the Pisans began to erect their Duomo. For in that time it was a considerable undertaking to build such a church, with its five aisles and almost entirely constructed of marble both inside and out. This church, built from the plans and under the direction of Buschetto, a clever Greek architect from Dulichium, was erected and adorned by the Pisans when at the zenith of their power with an endless quantity of spoils brought by sea from various distant parts, as the columns, bases, capitals, cornices and other stones there of every description, amply demonstrate. Now since all these things were of all sizes, great, medium, and small, Buschetto displayed great judgment in adapting them to their places, so that the whole building is excellently devised in every part, both within and without. Amongst other things he devised the façade, which is made up of a series of stages, gradually diminishing toward the top and consisting of a great number of columns, adorning it with other columns and antique statues. »
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