In the late 1870s, banker and art collector William Corcoran commissioned larger-than-life Carrara marble sculptures of some ...

The black marble used for the rose on the statue came from Spain. The 13-foot-long block of Italian marble could be the last ever culled from the Tuscan quarry Michelangelo used for his ...

Dazzling ballroom, luxury chandeliers and pricey marble statues made the palace a place ... and lights after plans for it to be a hub of Italian culture were scrapped during World War II.

An Italian startup called Robotor has invented ... Robotor founder Giacomo Massari is convinced his robot-machined marble statues are nearly as good as those made by humans.

His name was Michelangelo, and the marble became his immortal ... he made his breakout piece "Passage." A huge sculpture cut from a 700-ton block of Italian travertine. Working with a diamond ...

2021 A MASSIVE MARBLE STATUE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WAS TOPPLED BY PROTESTERS AND TOSSED INTO THE INNER HARBOR. NOW MORE THAN TWO YEARS LATER THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN GROUP THAT ...

At that time, Italian artists drew on ancient Greek ... They found (and created) a refined aesthetic, of which white marble statues are a major draw. It was in this way that a clean uniform ...