Marble
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MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. µappapos, shining stone), a term applied to any limestone or dolomite which is sufficiently close in texture to admit of being polished.
Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (Indian, reigned 1627-1658), Taj Mahal, 1630-1653, an Islamic tomb in a walled garden built for Shah Jahan's wife Mumatz Mahal [aka Arjuman Banu Begum], of bearing masonry and inlaid marble, in Agra, India, ...
marble
A type of stone traditionally used in sculpture and architecture.
Marble
type of limestone used since Antiquity for sculpture and building. It occurs in various colours, from pure white to black, often veined.
Masonry
stonework.
Master Mason
skilled, senior mason.
Mausoleum ...
Marble: hard, crystalline form of calcium carbonate (hard limestone) capable of taking a high polish: often white yet can also be various colours: has been used for sculpture since ancient times ...
Jonah Marbles
These sculptures, known as The Jonah Marbles, may all share a common origin. The group was purportedly unearthed together from a large pithos, or jar. The original find-spot remains unknown.
Marble, ca. 1,50 m
Copy of ~ 100 b.c.; Naples
Early Middle Ages
In these genesis scenes of the "Grandval Bible" from the early Middle Ages, about 840, we can see, how the consideration of physical characteristics, ...
Marble bust of Octavian, Fondi.
National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
The young adopted son of Caesar is portrayed as a Hellenistic prince
AUGUSTUS ...
Marble grave stelle of a little girl
Greek, Classical
Perfume bottle (Aryballos)
Greek, Protocoritian ...
A marble copy of the Doryphoros of Polyclitus, an early example of classical contrapposto. The original bronze is lost.
A magnificent marble screen divided the presbytery from the nave, and there was an attractive choir.
A fine-grained marble-like variety of gypsum, alabaster is a soft stone often white or translucent.
Sir Jacob Epstein
Jacob and the Angel
1940-1 ...
Full color (marbled backgrounds):
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From the Tour: Marble Sculpture from France
Object 8 of 8
Carpeaux received many important public commissions, but, like other sculptors of his day, increasingly made uncommissioned works on speculation.
"In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.
li - balance and beauty in organic, non-geometrical flowing patterns as seen in wood grain, moving water, flames, marble etc. *
life drawing - drawing, or attempting to draw, an actual scene, model or arrangement as it appears in reality * ...
They used a low marble or wooden fence to make the icons of those saints who were celebrated on a particular day accessible to all believers.
Bernini's early work shows a level of virtuosity in the ability to carve marble, and to assemble it together (from several blocks) to produce an effect of total realism, which has never been equalled.
Examples include: stones (marble, granite, sandstone, malachite, porphyry, serpentine, lapis, etc.), wood (also called faux bois -- false wood), masonry, and metal (gold, silver,and bronze, along with all of their potential patinas).
(Alabaster referenced by ancient civilizations was a hard stone of onyx marble.) Because of its delicacy, objects made from Alabaster can only be kept indoors.
Sculpture: The art or practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, as by by carving wood, chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal.
Serpentine: A greenish, brownish, or spotted mineral used by Inuit carvers.
On our way, we could see a marble fountain, painted white. It was a Byzantine fountain, still in working condition. When we approached the second square in the village, I could see another cafe. This one had no vine, but a large oak tree.
ornaments (door- and window-frames, elements proportioning walls, e.g. pilasters, engaged columns, cornices) in Renaissance architectural descriptions were separated from the wall-face as if picture-frames and were carved from stones or marble.
* The building required 100,000 cubic meters of marble, and 300 tons of iron to hold the Colosseum together. The marble was carried in by 200 ox-pulled carts.
Inlay work, primarily in wood and sometimes in mother-of-pearl, ivory, bone, marble, etc. This may result in either pattern or picture. To construct intarsia, outline drawings are used as templates for cutting many pieces of thin material.
Marble or limestone was cut into small cubes that were arranged into the required design. Later, tesserae were made from colored glass, or clear glass backed with metal foils.
It was little more than an imitation of the Greek and Roman marbles as types, with insistence upon perfect form, correct drawing, and balanced composition.
Coffin in stone, marble or other material. Roman sarcophagi were decorated with bas-relief sculptures on the sides, while Etruscan sarcophagi generally had a statue of the deceased, in a reclining position as though at a banquet, on top.
Jud Nelson
Hefty 2-Ply
1979-1981
Marble
Walker Art Center
Purchased with the aid of funds from Mr. and Mrs. James K. Wittenberg, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Art Center Acquisition Fund ...
mosaic: A decoration created by setting small pieces of glass, stone, or marble in a matrix- often concrete.
terrazzo A sturdy flooring finish of marble chips mixed with cement mortar. After drying, the surface is ground and polished.
terreplein In military architecture, the flat roof of a fortification, on which ordnance was mounted.
Opalescent glass is a generalized term for clear and semi-opaque pressed glass, cloudy, marbled, and sometimes accented with subtle coloring all combining to form a milky opalescence in the glass.
"The investigation of material volume and construction made it possible for us in 1918, in an artistic form, to begin to combine materials like iron and glass, the materials of modern Classicism, comparable in their severity with the marble of ...
Unglazed porcelain, looking like marble, used primarily in the manufacture of Victorian statuettes and doll heads; translucent, highly fluxed.
Pastel ...
Gesso: Ground plaster, chalk or marble mixed with glue or acrylic medium, generally white. It provides an absorbent ground for oil, acrylic, and tempera painting.
Marbling:- the art or process of producing certain patterns of a veined or mottled appearance in imitation of marble by means of colors so prepared as to float on a mucilaginous liquid which possesses antagonistic properties to the colors prepared ...
oil, acrylic, lithography, serigraphy, marble, bronze, etc.
Monochromatic: A color scheme that involves different values of a single color.
Perspective: A formal method of creating a three dimensional effect on a two dimensional surface.
Baptismal font. Usually made of stone or marble and of various shapes, containing the holy water used during the ritual of baptism (baptistery).
Why not just use the real thing?
In many instances, the real thing (marble, lapis lazuli etc.) would be entirely too costly. People are after the look without the expense.
Mosaic - Works which consist of glass, marble or other small colored pieces of inlaid stones pieced together to create a pattern.
The material that is used to create an artwork, i.e. oil, acrylic, lithography, serigraphy, marble, bronze, etc.
Monochromatic:
A color scheme that involves different values of a single color.
The materials an artist uses to make a work of art. Examples include: paint, clay, wood, ink, marble, etc. The plural form of the word is media.
modernism ...
Carving
The cutting and chipping away of wood, plaster, stone, or marble to alter the original form.
Calligraphy
The art of lettering.
The historic Blue Marble photograph, which helped bring environmentalism to the public eye. ... A Green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of Green politics. ...
tall block of marble which had been abandoned by an earlier sculptor, the finished size is over 14 feet tall. David is represented as an athletic, manly character, very concentrated and ready to fight.
The museum takes up a whole city block and features prominent statues in the entranceway, painted frescos inside resembling those found in a Renaissance castle, 16th century antique furniture, rich wooden walls and floors, marble fireplaces and ...
Mosaic - Mosaic is a technique of arranging fragments ( glass, marble etc. ) called tesserae in a bed of fine cement ...more info
Movement - In sculpture, movement refers to the internal tensions existing among the parts of a sculpture ...
Artwork made with small cubes of colored paper, marble, glass or tile and set into cement. Motif. Unit that is repeated in visual rhythm. Movement. Principle of design that deals with creating the illusion of action or physical change in position.
 See also: Painting, Sculpture, Roman, Portrait, Greek
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