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Lorenzo Bartolini, (Italian, 1777–1850), La Table aux Amours (The Demidoff Table), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Marble sculpture. Marble has been the preferred material for stone monumental sculpture since ancient times, with several advantages over its more common geological "parent" limestone, in particular the ability to absorb light a small distance into the surface before ...
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Marble Mountains (Vietnamese: Ngũ Hành Sơn, Chữ Hán: 五行山; lit. "five elements mountains") is a cluster of five marble and limestone hills located in Ngũ Hành Sơn District, south of Da Nang city in Vietnam. The five mountains are named after the five elements: Kim (metal), Thủy (water), Mộc (wood), Hỏa (fire) and Thổ (earth).
The Young River God with Three Putti is a marble sculpture of about 1548 by the Mannerist artist Pierino da Vinci (c. 1529 – 1553/1554), now in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The 1.36 m (4 ft 6 in)–high sculpture shows a pensive young river god accompanied by three laughing putti carrying an urn.
He supports his weight on his right leg, while the left one is slightly bent. To his right side is a support, shaped in the form of a tree trunk, around which is coiled a large snake. [2] Hermes's head is tilted to the right. This sculpture from Andros is of the "Farnese" statuary type, and is in fact one of its best preserved examples. [3]
Pages in category "Marble sculptures in the United States" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .