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  2. Stone carving - Wikipedia

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    Stone carver carving stone, at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, 1909. The Kilmartin Stones in Scotland - a collection of ancient stone carved graveslabs Khazneh structure carved into a cliff in Petra southern Jordan. Stone carving is an activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by

  3. Piccirilli Brothers - Wikipedia

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    In 1888, Giuseppe Piccirilli (1844–1910), [1] a well-known stone carver in Massa and a veteran of Garibaldi's Unification war, brought his family to New York City. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Giuseppe, who was born in Rome and received his early training in the atelier of Roman sculptor Stefano Galletti, came from a long line of stone carvers, unbroken ...

  4. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Stone Mountain, Georgia, site of granite quarrying from the 1830s. Its granite was used in the locks of the Panama Canal and in steps to the U.S. Capitol building. The mountain is known for its Confederate memorial carving started by Gutzon Borglum and for association with the Ku Klux Klan revival in 1916.

  5. Category:Stone carvers - Wikipedia

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    American gravestone carvers (3 P) Pages in category "Stone carvers" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.

  6. Haida argillite carvings - Wikipedia

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    The quarry is owned by the Haida who have the sole right to use the substance from that quarry for carving. Today argillite carvings are sold in galleries and fine art stores and take on more traditional Haida forms. Haida artists have been carving the black slate of the island of Haida Gwaii for several hundred years. From its conception, the ...

  7. Stone sculpture - Wikipedia

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    A stone sculpture is an object made of stone which has been shaped, usually by carving, or assembled to form a visually interesting three-dimensional shape. Stone is more durable than most alternative materials, making it especially important in architectural sculpture on the outside of buildings.

  8. American who filmed tourist carving name in Colosseum ...

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    The following year, two American tourists were also cited for aggravated damage after they carved their names in the monument. Associated Press journalist Nicole Winfield contributed to this report.

  9. Sculpture of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Reynalds, Donald Martin, Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millennium, Abbeville Press, NY 1993; Rubenstein, Charlotte Streifer, American Women Sculptors, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston 1990; Smith, Rex Allen, The Carving of Mount Rushmore, Abbeville Press, New York 1985

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