Ruin marble is a kind of limestone or siltstone that contains light and dark patterns. The name is misleading – it is not a marble. It originates mostly...
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marble Marble sculpture Marmorino Naxian marble Carrara marble Paper marbling Pietra dura, inlaying with marble and other stones Ruin marble, marble that...
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On the Marble Cliffs (German: Auf den Marmorklippen) is a novella by Ernst Jünger published in 1939 describing the upheaval and ruin of a serene agricultural...
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(2016) "All the Colors You Thought Were Kings" (2016) "Ekphrasis" (2016) "Ruin Marble" (2017) "The Hydraulic Emperor" (2018) "Object-Oriented" (2018) "Just...
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provides the force needed to fracture the marble, it must be used accurately. The smallest miscalculation can ruin the intended sculpture and even injure...
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Frederik's Church (redirect from The Marble Church)
Frederik's Church (Danish: Frederiks Kirke), popularly known as The Marble Church (Marmorkirken) for its rococo architecture, is an Evangelical Lutheran...
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39.03600°N 107.16833°W / 39.03600; -107.16833 (Quarry site) Yule Marble is a marble of metamorphosed Leadville Limestone found only in the Yule Creek...
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Andricus kollari (redirect from Oak Marble gall)
Andricus kollari, also known as the marble gall wasp, is a parthenogenetic species of wasp which causes the formation of marble galls on oak trees. Synonyms...
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Marmorpalais (redirect from Marble Palace, Potsdam)
The Marmorpalais (or Marble Palace) is a former royal residence in Potsdam, near Berlin in Germany, built on the grounds of the extensive Neuer Garten...
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Elgin Marbles (redirect from Elgin Marble)
About three hundred people were killed in the explosion, which showered marble fragments over a significant area. For the next century and a half, portions...
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including the Gothic Ruin (1793), Queen Victoria's Teahouse (a brick pavilion of 1869) and the Indian Kiosk. Constructed of marble, the kiosk was taken...
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Garden during the reign of Frederick William II: Marble Palace Palace kitchen, in the form of a temple ruin Orangery So-called "Gothic Library" Ice house...
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generations of marble-workers made the agora of Athens an important center for the production of marble sculptures. Marble-workers made sculptures, marble weights...
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legend, recorded in John Norden's Speculum Britanniae (1596) that a ruined marble tomb of Mandeville (represented cross-legged and in armour, with sword...
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The Marble Statue (German: Das Marmorbild) is an 1818 novella by the German writer Joseph von Eichendorff. Set around Lucca, it is about a man who struggles...
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ˈstaðio]) or Kallimarmaro (Καλλιμάρμαρο [kaliˈmarmaro], lit. 'beautiful marble') is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. One of the main historic...
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The Gothic Ruin is located at Frogmore, in the Home Park of Windsor Castle, in Berkshire, England. Designed by James Wyatt in the late 18th century, the...
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the city. They commissioned statues, temples and buildings of gleaming marble. In 353 BC, Mausolus died, leaving Artemisia to rule alone. As the Persian...
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The National Trust reopened Marble Hill as a ruin in 1975. In 1979, the tower reconstruction was completed. In 1980, Marble Hill was listed on the South...
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declared all the work done up until then as in pericolo di ruina ("peril of ruin"), as it had been done sine scienzia ("without science"). In the following...
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the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park. The old gatehouse is now the Ruin Garden, completed in 2019. The lion and unicorn sculptures were restored...
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Unlike his grandfather, Shah Jahan tended to have buildings made from white marble. When Aurangzeb was victorious among his all brothers, then he imprisoned...
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numerous in the Pentelic marble. If the marble blocks were not up to standard, the architects would reject them. The marble was worked with iron tools...
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In the eastern wall a neat little pulpit of pure white marble and moresque work, with marble stairs leading up to it, is yet preserved. Dimitri Baramki...
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between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archaeological excavations attracting...
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the oak marble gall. The oak marble is frequently called the oak apple due to the superficial resemblance and the preponderance of the oak marble gall in...
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studied sculpture for 7 years, including a 9-month intensive course in marble and general stone carving at the Scuola del Marmo and a second 9-month course...
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436 Leper Island Anon. (Cecil Hayter) The Union Jack (2nd Series) 437 The Ruined Squire Anon. (E. W. Alais) The Union Jack (2nd Series) 438 The Strike Pay...
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Antinous-Dionysus (Hermitage) (category Marble sculptures in Russia)
Bust of Antinous-Dionysus in the Hermitage is an ancient Roman colossal marble sculptural portrait of Antinous, the favorite and beloved of the Roman emperor...
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