One day Michelangelo, while copying an ancient faun head, decided to get noticed customizing it. The original one had the mouth closed, instead he realized it with the mouth open, showing teeth and tongue. Lorenzo de’ Medici, quick-witted observer, kindly accepted the challenge and he...
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The lion of butter and the ecstasy of Venetian nobles in the Giovanni Falier’s villa. Antonio Canova, during a dinner with Venetian nobles, guests of the senator Giovanni Falier in Asolo, had the occasion to express his talent and inclination for the beautiful. For him it...
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In 1291 pope Niccolò IV commissioned to the sculptor Arnolfo di Cambio the first inanimate nativity scene of the history in order to give prominence to the relic of the manger and to celebrate the Greccio Nativity scene. The term nativity scene derives in fact from...
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Very often we can read in the news section about disputes concerning construction works executed using poor materials, unsuitable for the required use; for example, marbles with a big capacity of absorption should not be used in external walls, as through the slow humidity absorption...
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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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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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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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