Detail of a modern sculture, Italy
Local native name
Year designation
Lithology
Aesthetics
Geological settings
Mesozoic – Middle-Late Triassic to Early Jurassic (Lower Liassic)- Apuan Metamorphic Complex – Apuan Unit; metamorphism during alpine orogenesis in Tertiary
Location
Tuscany, Apuan Alps with more than 100 commercial varieties; around the town Carrara as Carrara Marble sensu stricto
Detail of a modern sculture, Italy
The essence of classic sculpture
Quarried since pre-Roman times, the Carrara marble is the testimonial of an area/industry that was able – for a variety of reasons not easily repeatable in future stone history – from the dawn of the stone sector, to trigger a flywheel effect on a global scale. Suitable for any environment and cultural context, this versatile marble has been appreciated in almost any field of application – from building to architecture, from fine arts to urban landscape, from funerary art to modern 3D design – probably reaching its highest point in the eternal works of famous sculpturers, artists and architects such as Michelangelo, Donatello, Jacopo Della Quercia, Canova, Bernini, and many others. It is currently excavated in more than 100 quarries, processed almost everywhere and sold all over the world.
Detail of a facade built with a combination of Carrara Marble, Italy
Marble quarries in the Northern Apennines
- Author(s)
Piero Primavori
