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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.
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.
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A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface. [1] Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly popular in the Ancient Roman world.
Like other mosaics, Byzantine mosaics are made of small pieces of glass, stone, ceramic, or other material, which are called tesserae. [18] During the Byzantine period, craftsmen expanded the materials that could be turned into tesserae, beginning to include gold leaf and precious stones, and perfected their construction.
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.
The mosaic was commissioned in 1298 by Cardinal Jacopo Stefaneschi, canon of St. Peter's, whose donor portrait was to the right of Christ's feet. [7] Giotto's mosaic therefore belonged to the preparations of St. Peters for the holy year in 1300. The date of the commission is attested by a document copied in the 17th century.
The Orion Nebula, mosaiced from 520 Hubble photos Same image, 9x larger. Full size comparison from the original to the right and the 9x larger version to the left.Click to see full size.(The closeup is of the bright blue star on the lower right) Edit 1 by Fir0002 - how's that for supersaturation!