The Venetians filled the city with the stone lions sculptures. There are various models: whole-body, only the head, some represent San Marco and others are generic. Many of the actual statues are reproductions, unfortunately during the Napoleonic invasion that sanctioned the end of the Serenissima, a...
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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 antique abrasive tools are used in the traditional handcrafted stone manufacturing. They are necessary to cut, to pierce, to give depth and to realize the surface finishing through a rubbing and friction action. Among the most well-known tools and still in use today, we...
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The antique percussion tools are used in the traditional handcrafted stone manufacturing. They are necessary to break and to shape through a series of beats. The percussion is direct when you hit the stone directly, indirect when you beat on a cutting tool. Among...
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The antique tools are still in use today for the artistic marble manufacturing. In the past they were only used with the manual movement and now they are also electrical and pneumatic. In order to avoid getting exhausted and to waste energies, it is very important...
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We have completed in these days a new project of “Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro” with the "Flaminio” Scientific High School. A beautiful experience that has allowed Alessia, third-year student, supported by Paola Pin, to realize with simplicity and creativeness some presentations on subjects related to the artistic marble...
In the marble tradition there are different artistic sculptural techniques to realize and embellish a work. These methods are grouped by two main categories, even if in some cases they can be confused with one another because the differences are minimal: techniques of manufacturing and...
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The classical quality of Rosso Verona, the red marble par excellence. Rosso Verona is one of the most famous and worldwide well-known Italian ornamental rocks, coming from Verona area. It is suitable for floorings, staircases, coverings, columns, balustrades, portals, cornices, fireplaces, sculptures, ornamental works. It is...
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The Bianco Carrara marble is the most appreciated and known Italian marble in the world, is considered, both in Italy and abroad, the Italian marble par excellence. This stone is extracted from the Apuan Alps in Carrara where there are the most known millenary tradition...
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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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