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Marble sculpture, Italian --- Marble sculpture --- Sculpture, Italian --- Sculpture, Modern

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"Marble is one of the great veins through the architectural tradition and fundamental building block of the Mediterranean world, from the Parthenon of mid-fifth century Athens, which was constructed of pentelic marble, to Justinian's Hagia Sophia in Constantinople and the Renaissance and Baroque basilica of St. Peter's in the Vatican. Scholarship has done much in recent years to reveal the ways and means of marble. The use of colored marbles in Roman imperial architecture has recently been the subject of a major exhibition and the medieval traditions of marble working have been studied in the context of family genealogies and social networks. In addition, architectural historians have revealed the meanings evoked by marble revetted and paved surfaces, from Heavenly Jerusalem to frozen water. The present volume builds upon the body of recent and emerging research - from antiquity to the present day - to embrace a global focus and addressing the more unusual (or at least unexpected) uses, meanings, and aesthetic appeal of marble. It presents instances where the use of marble has revolutionized architectural practice, suggested new meaning for the built environment, or defined a new aesthetic - moments where this well-known material has been put to radical use."--Provided by publisher.

Building materials. Building technology --- marble [rock] --- architecture [discipline] --- architectural history --- Architecture --- Marble buildings --- History. --- Marble in interior decoration --- Marble sculpture --- History --- 691.2 --- Bouwmaterialen ; marmer --- Beeldhouwkunst ; marmer --- Architectural aesthetics --- Aesthetics, Architectural --- Aesthetics --- Buildings --- Bouwmaterialen ; natuursteen

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"Sylacauga-Alabama's "Marble City"-is blessed with an abundant natural resource that nurtures both its economy and its cultural heritage. Thirty-five miles long, at least four hundred feet deep, and more than a mile wide, the Sylacauga Marble Belt yields crystalline white marble frequently compared to the Parian marble treasured by Greek sculptors and the Italian Carrara marble often chosen by Michelangelo. Artisans have quarried Sylacauga marble for tombstones since the early 1800s, and architects prized it for years as dimension stone for buildings like the United States Supreme Court. In the early 1900s, Giuseppe Moretti and Gutzon Borglum both chose this marble for magnificent sculptures. When granite, better able to withstand industrial pollution, overtook marble as the preferred architectural stone in the 1930s, Sylacauga's quarry owners shifted their focus to the production of ground calcium carbonate (GCC), a fundamental ingredient in manufactured products from toothpaste, foodstuffs, and disposable diapers to paints, caulks, and sealants. Many cringe at the idea of blasting and grinding marble into fine powder, but GCC is a vital factor in the local economy. Thankfully, the Magic of Marble Festival, first held in 2009, has revitalized interest in the artistic value of Sylacauga marble, inspiring sculptors from across the United States and masters from Italy to apply their skills to cream-white blocks of this beautiful stone and share their creativity with thousands of residents and visitors each year. This is the story of quarry pioneers, investors, artists, and artisans. It also the story of their families, who fondly remember their lives along the edge of "the hole" that provided for them"--

Marble industry and trade --- Sylacauga (Ala.) --- Alabama --- History.

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In Ancient Marbles in Naples in the Eighteenth Century Eloisa Dodero aims at documenting the history of numerous private collections formed in Naples during the 18th century, with particular concern for the “Neapolitan marbles” and the circumstances of their dispersal. Research has thus made it possible to formulate a synthesis of the collecting dynamics of Naples in the 18th century, to define the interest of the great European collectors, especially British, in the antiquities of the city and its territory and to draw up a catalogue which for the first time brings together the nucleus of sculptures reported in the Neapolitan collections or coming from irregular excavations, most of which shared the destiny of dispersal, in some cases here traced in definitive fashion.

Marble sculpture, Classical --- Sculpture --- Antiquities --- Marble sculpture, Classical --- Private collections --- Collectors and collecting --- History --- Collectors and collecting --- History --- Naples (Italy) --- Antiquities

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Franse titel : N11199 : Marbres Helléniques : De la carrière au chef-d'oeuvre : [ Exposition : .. ]

Architecture --- History of civilization --- Archeology --- Antiquity --- Greece --- Archéologie grecque --- Marble sculpture, Greek --- -Marble --- -Archeologie ; Griekenland ; marmer ; van steengroeve tot kunstwerk --- Tentoonstellingscatalogi ; Brussel ; Passage 44 --- Metamorphic rocks --- Calcium carbonate --- Greek marble sculpture --- Kunstgeschiedenis ; Oud-Griekse kunst --- Marble. --- Marble --- Exhibitions. --- archeologie --- Griekenland --- (069) --- 7.032.6 --- Archeologie ; Griekenland ; marmer ; van steengroeve tot kunstwerk --- Exhibitions --- (Musea. Collecties) --- Exposition --- Histoire et culture grecques --- Sculpture --- Marbre. Industrie. Grèce ancienne. Exposition. Bruxelles. 1987. --- Marmerindustrie. Griekenland (Oud-). Tentoonstelling. Brussel. 1987. --- Bezoekers tentoonstelling