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Carrara marble has been used since the time of Ancient Rome, when it was called marmor lunense, or "Luni marble". [2] [3]In the Middle Ages, most of the quarries were owned by the Marquis Malaspina who in turn rented them to families of Carrara masters who managed both the extraction and transport of the precious material.
A stoup from brown Slivenec marble in the church in Dobřichovice [4]. Český Šternberk marble (šternberský mramor) from Český Šternberk, Benešov District: white ...
Granite (/ ˈ ɡ r æ n ɪ t / GRAN-it) is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies underground. It is common in the continental crust of Earth, where it is found in igneous ...
Verd antique is very similar in colour to the national gemstone of Ireland, Connemara marble.Connemara marble differs from the verd antiques in that it is an actual marble, rather than a serpentinite breccia, despite also having a very high serpentine content.
David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble [1] [2] created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo.With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in), the David was the first colossal marble statue made in the High Renaissance, and since classical antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond.
Cod cooks right on top of fresh green beans and uses the same pan to make a flavorful sauce. The result is perfectly flaky fish, tender-crisp vegetables, a savory pan sauce and very little cleanup.
The step leading into the chapel is a large monolith of Egyptian granite. All the other chapels in the basilica have simple white stone steps. [7] Agostino Chigi paid 300 scudi for the large block of stone. The central panels of the wooden doors are decorated with a dense foliage of carved acanthus leaves. The panel with the male head.
Travertine is a sedimentary rock formed by the chemical precipitation of calcium carbonate minerals from fresh water, [4] typically in springs, rivers, and lakes; [5] [6] that is, from surface and ground waters. [7]