Tag Archives: Marble
Carrara marble from the Apian Alps – one other well-known historical workable stone
That is the final in a sequence of 4 articles I’ve written on the quarries and marble of the traditional world and the artworks comprised of it. The others (Mining in Historic Greece and Rome, Marble from the Isle of … Continue reading
Marble from the Isle of Paros in Historical Greece – a tour of the traditional quarries
That is the secondof fourarticles on the quarries of the traditional world and later, and, specifically, the marble that was quarried there and the art work that was constituted of it. The primary (Mining in Historical Greece and Rome) was … Continue reading