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The abundance of Aragonese alabaster was crucial for its use in architecture, sculpture and decoration. [17] There is no record of use by pre-Roman cultures, so the first ones to use alabaster from Aragon may have been the Romans, who produced vessels from alabaster following the Greek and Egyptian models. [ 17 ]
Venus and Cupid by Antonio Frilli. Marble, late 19th century. In 1883, Frilli established his first and exclusive Atelier in via dei Fossi, Florence, where he worked with a few assistants on medium-size refined painted alabasters and big white Carrara marble statues for private villas and monumental cemeteries.
[3] [4] There, in 1879 he established a workshop and began to specialize in statues and busts of alabaster, marble, and onyx, although he also worked in bronze. He is considered one of the most important representatives of Italian salon sculpture. His works combine the forms of neoclassicism and Art Nouveau. [3]
The collection of 620 marble and alabaster statues and sarcophagi dating to the Roman Empire period [2] has been described as the "most important private museum of sculpture in the world" by Italian art critic Federico Zeri and, according to The Daily Telegraph, has been "said to rival [the ancient sculptures] of the Vatican."
Divers uncovered a 3,000-year-old clay figurine in Italy's Lake Bolsena, revealing human fingerprints and shedding light on Iron Age rituals. Discover the story.
The Pietro Bazzanti and Son Art Gallery (Italian: Galleria d'Arte Pietro Bazzanti e Figlio) is a historic art gallery located in Florence, Italy.Renowned for its craftsmanship of marble, bronze, alabaster, and stone sculptures and mosaics, the gallery specialises in reproductions of Classical, Neo-classical and Renaissance art, while also producing original works by contemporary artists. [1]
A trove of bronze statues that archeologists say could rewrite the history of Italy's transition to the Roman Empire have been discovered in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring.. Italy's Ministry of ...
A trove of bronze statues that archeologist say could rewrite the history of Italy's transition to the Roman Empire have been discovered. Ancient Etruscan statues illuminate history of pre-Roman Italy