the.com/carrara marble
the rock that made michelangelo look like he cheated at sculpture.
means a fine-grained white or blue-gray marble quarried near carrara, italy, prized for carving because it cuts clean and glows like skin.
from quarried since roman times from the apuan alps above the tuscan town of carrara; augustus rebuilt rome in it, boasting he found a city of brick and left one of marble.
david's materialmichelangelo carved david from one flawed carrara block
still activequarries have run almost continuously for 2000 years
pentagon connectionsame stone lines parts of the pentagon and opera houses
mountains vanishingcenturies of cutting have visibly reshaped the apuan alps
for instance
michelangelo's david — carved 1501-1504 from a single carrara block
pieta — vatican sculpture, 1498-99, same quarry region
marble arch — london monument faced in carrara stone, 1827
cave michelangelo — legendary quarry site he personally selected blocks from