Noah's Ark

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The relief of the main portal dated from 1425 - 1438. Sculpted by Jacopo della Quercia, he carved in bas-relief scenes from the Old Testament- that is, from God's creation of man down to the Flood and Noah's Ark- making a tremendous improvement in the art of sculpture, since from antiquity until the present, no artisans had ever existed who had produced anything in bas-relief, with the result that this method of sculpture had been completely lost rather than merely misplaced.