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Marble from Fauske Municipality in Norway Blocks of Carrara marble in Italy. The following is a list of various types of marble according to location. (NB: Marble-like stone which is not true marble according to geologists is included, but is indicated by italics with geologic classification given as footnote.
Carrara marble, or Luna marble (marmor lunense) to the Romans, is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried since Roman times in the mountains just outside the city of Carrara in the province of Massa and Carrara in the Lunigiana , the northernmost tip of modern-day Tuscany , Italy.
Marble is a rock resulting from metamorphism of sedimentary carbonate rocks, most commonly limestone or dolomite. Metamorphism causes variable re-crystallization of the original carbonate mineral grains. The resulting marble rock is typically composed of an interlocking mosaic of carbonate crystals.
Simone di Niccolò Bianco (1480s – after 1553), was an Italian Renaissance sculptor. [1] Marble bust of an unknown Roman, by Bianco Bronze head of a child, by Bianco. Born in Loro Ciuffenna, Tuscany, he spent his artistic career in Venice from 1512 onwards. [2] He was known for sculpture of busts in marble and bronze all'antica.
Sample work from the tile plant established by Henry Chapman Mercer, now the Mercer Museum. Handmade tiles are still produced in a manner similar to that developed by the pottery's founder and builder, Henry Chapman Mercer. Tile designs are reissues of original designs. Mercer was a major proponent of the Arts and Crafts movement in America. He ...
It was among the first types of Cycladic "island marble" to be used. It is the largest-grained marble which was used in ancient times. [3] It was already suggested by Richard Lepsius in 1890 that Naxian marble was used for the creation of ancient roof tiles at Olympia and on the Athenian Acropolis, [4] which subsequent research affirmed. [5]
Fireclay Tile is a North American architectural tile company. Founded in 1986 by Paul Burns, Jeff Alvord, Martin Zepeda, and Albert Batista. [ 2 ] Fireclay is known for designing and hand-making tile in Northern California , while actively incorporating environmentally sustainable practices.
David is a marble statue of the biblical hero by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello.One of his early works (1408–1409), it was originally commissioned by the Operai del Duomo, the Overseers of the Office of Works, for the Florence Cathedral and was his most important commission up to that point.