Type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor
View of Carrara; the white on the mountains behind is quarried faces of marble.Sample sheets, 2016
Carrara marble, Luna marble to the Romans, is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried since Roman times in the mountains just outside the city of Carrara in the province of Massa and Carrara in the Lunigiana, the northernmost tip of modern-day Tuscany, Italy.
More marble has been extracted from the over 650 quarry sites near Carrara than from any other place. The pure white statuario grade was used for monumental sculpture, as "it has a high tensile strength, can take a high gloss polish and holds very fine detail".[1] By the late 20th century Carrara's highest-grade marble had run out; the considerable ongoing production is of stone with a greyish tint, or streaks of black or grey on white. This is still attractive as an architectural facing, or for tiles.
Carraramarble, Luna marble to the Romans, is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried...
in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some...
Athens, used for most of the Parthenon sculptures, and by the Romans. Carraramarble from northern Italy was used by the Romans, and very extensively up...
imperial family, made from Carraramarble in the Cathedral of Petrópolis, Brazil Carlo Franzoni's life-size sculptural marble chariot clock, the Car of...
The Veiled Virgin is a Carraramarble statue carved in Rome by Italian sculptor Giovanni Strazza (1818–1875) depicting the bust of a veiled Virgin Mary...
Principality of Carrara (Italian: Ducato di Massa e Principato di Carrara) was a small state that controlled the towns of Massa and Carrara from 1473 until...
characters with this given name and surname Luna marble, the ancient Roman term for Carraramarble Luna may also refer to: Luna, Apayao Luna, Isabela...
Carrousel in Paris. The triumphal arch is faced with Carraramarble with embellishments of marble extracted from quarries near Seravezza in Tuscany. John...
transformed the limestone in many places into the Carraramarble (named for the nearby city of Carrara) for which the range is renowned. Erosion carved...
frazione of the larger city of Carrara, which is famous for its marble; Colonnata is itself a site where Carraramarble is quarried and, traditionally...
Carraramarble used on Aon Center was employed as an exterior cladding and interior finish for First Canadian Place, with approximately 45,000 marble...
built in 18 months and consists of 24,000 pieces of hand-carved Italian carraramarble, Turkish limestone and Indian pink stone. The mandir is the largest...
inside a microclimate room on top of an anti-seismic platform faced in Carraramarble. Along with the bronzes, the room also contains two head sculptures:...
protest movement that arose in the early 21st century, criticising the Carraramarble quarries in the Apuan Alps. The phrase No Cav, short for "No Cave" (No...
encircled by sixty, 4-meter tall classical statues of athletes made from Carraramarble. The stadium was built to celebrate Fascist accomplishments and the...
was given his next major assignment: a marble pulpit for Siena Cathedral. This pulpit, made of Carraramarble, was sculpted between the end of 1265 and...
The Redeemer in Death is a statue of Jesus Christ executed in white Carraramarble by the Irish sculptor John Hogan (1800–1858). The work was first sculpted...
previously unpublished. A memorial monument to Nightingale was created in Carraramarble by Francis William Sargant in 1913 and placed in the cloister of the...
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