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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.
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.
Marble mis-nomers: Cetechovice marble (cetechovický mramor) from Cetechovice, Kroměříž District: coloured [c] Karlík marble (karlický mramor), from Barrandien, Karlík, Prague-West District: black with gold-yellow-colour veins [d] Podol marble (Podolský mramor), from Vápenný Podol, Chrudim District: white, grey-white, rosy [e]
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Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized marble sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which was executed between 1622 and 1625.It is regarded as one of the artistic marvels of the Baroque age.
The Apollo Belvedere (also called the Belvedere Apollo, Apollo of the Belvedere, or Pythian Apollo) [1] is a celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity.. The work has been dated to mid-way through the 2nd century A.D. and is considered to be a Roman copy of an original bronze statue created between 330 and 320 B.C. by the Greek sculptor Leochares. [2]
The Liberty facility has longstanding ties to the community, initially operating under Ideal Snacks when it was founded in 1997. In 2003, the plant expanded — reflecting its early success.
The end of the NBA on TNT is nigh, but not so for many of the network's most familiar faces. NBC announced on Tuesday that longtime TNT game analyst and Hall of Fame ex-Pacers guard Reggie Miller ...