Antonio Canova, who lived at the turn of the 19th century, is the greatest sculptor of my adoptive land, the Veneto region. Man of humble origins, he lost his father at a very young age, once his mother remarried after a short time, he was left to the foster care...
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Talking about Carrara marbles we refer to all marbles coming from Carrara. The most important extraction and manufacturing area is that of Apuan Alps that boasts a primacy at national and worldwide level for the selection and the productive marbles ability. Over the centuries, were...
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Italy’s luck is having been the beating heart of the Roman culture, a civilization that throughout its one thousand and two hundred years of history conquered the Mediterranean and all countries on it overlooking. Ancient Romans’ luck was to have conquered the civilisation with the highest culture: the Greeks. What’s...
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Every era had artists that were considered the best of their time, obviously when some of them had to work at the same time on the same city, contrasts often became harsh and irreverent even if sometime they smack of gibe. A historical episode is related...
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Marbles from Istria to Venice. My origin is in Istria, a wonderful land that borders the Alpine chain with an expanse of endless hills where my family owned some quarries. In that area, washed by the Quieto River, we had our quarries of the Roman era; they...
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For sure with this piece I’m becoming a blogger and I will try to arouse the curiosity of those who do not belong to this trade, but love to read about one the more ancient material, part of the human history ever since: the marble. I will...
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