Tuscan town typified by its famous marble
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Explore Carrara in Tuscany and the famous Italian marble quarries  Near the coast to the north-west of Tuscany, the town of Carrara is best known for its proximity to the famous marble quarries that have supplied marble for many...
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7 bedroom Villa in Ronchi, Costa Toscana, Tuscany, Italy : ref ...  7 bedroom Villa in Ronchi, Costa Toscana, Tuscany, Italy : ref 2230296 ... Frank Lloyd Wright and typifies the ethos of the Master's 'organic architecture' philosophy. ... the villa is located between the world-famous marble town of Carrara and the ... The Tyrrhenian Sea, its marinas, harbours and golden strands indulge sun...
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Tuscany's Famous Marble Quarries | Katharina's Italy - Trust & Travel  Jan 9, 2014 ... Tuscany's Famous Marble Quarries ... I love marble, and the one that comes from the quarries of Carrara, a Tuscan town in the ... When we finally reached the marble quarries, I was quite impressed by their size and number,...
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Carrara marble - Wikipedia  Carrara marble is a type of white or blue-grey marble of high quality, popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It is quarried in the city of Carrara located in the province of Massa and Carrara in the Lunigiana, the northernmost tip of modern-day Tuscany, Italy. ... The city of Massa, in particular, saw much of its plan redesigned (new roads,...
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Via dei Fortini Marina Di Massa, Massa Carrara, Italy  Luxury Home ...  Still owned by the notable Tuscan family who commissioned it in the 60s, the villa is ... Its hill towns are strewn with olive groves, cypress trees and vineyards. ... built by a pupil of the cult architect Frank Lloyd Wright and typifies the ethos of the ... from the Alpi Apuane (they are the same mountains of the famous marble of...
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Famous Paintings: Duccio's Maesta - Masterpiece Cards  In the 14th century the two most influential city-states were Florence and Siena, ... to 1400, consisted of building cathedrals (and re-building those destroyed by fire). ... He depicted Christ's later life - his ministry (on the predella); his Passion on the ... Of all Duccio's famous paintings, Maesta most strongly altered art history.
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Renaissance Architecture | Essential Humanities  Brunelleschi (churches), Alberti (facades), Bramante (Tempietto), Palazzo Farnese, Palladio (villas) ... While various great names are associated with Renaissance church and palazzo design, the most famous villa architect by far is Palladio. ... His most famous work is the octagonal brick dome of Florence Basilica (an Italian...
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Michelangelo - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  His most famous work of architecture is the east end and dome of Saint .... to make a marble statue, larger than life-size, of Bacchus, the Ancient Roman God of wine. ... Michelangelo's Pieta is the most famous Pieta that has ever been made. It is now in Saint Peter's Basilica and is visited by thousands of people every day.
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8.2 Gothic Art Flashcards | Quizlet  Are you a teacher? .... seen by Cimabue as one of the most respected painters in Florence from ... Giotto's masterpiece is series of frescoes that decorate walls of a small ... Maesta (Madonna in Majesty) - altarpiece of cathedral of Siena; freestanding, ... years; many of his paintings contain a[rt of Sienese landscape and city.
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Tuscan dialect - Wikipedia  Tuscan is an Italo-Dalmatian variety mainly spoken in Tuscany, Italy. Standard Italian is based on Tuscan, specifically on its Florentine dialect. Italian became the language of culture for all the people of Italy thanks to the prestige of the masterpieces of Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio ... Pistoiese, spoken in the city of Pistoia and nearest zones (some linguists...
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marble - Search-ID.com  Perhaps the famed palace named for this Italian building material; Bernini's 11 ... Carrera type of this is from Italy, Pentelic from Greece & Yule from Colorado...
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Marble Sculpture: Characteristics, Types, History  Characteristics, Types, Carving Technique, History, Famous Statues. ... Probably the most popular material used in sculpture, marble's translucency and durability ... golden-toned Pentelic variety, quarried at Mount Pentelicon in Attica. The fragments of High Classical Greek sculpture obtained by the Earl of Elgin from the...
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Florence - Wikipedia  Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany ..... It was well known for its stone masonry that includes ... The Palazzo Strozzi, an example of civil architecture with its rusticated stone, was ... one of the largest churches in the city, situated at the centre of...
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The drawing power of Pietrasanta's quarries - Financial Times  Aug 14, 2009 ... The maestro was staying in Pietrasanta on the orders of Pope Leo X, in the ... In those days, Pietrasanta's mountains were impossible to reach, so Carrara, 18km to the ... In the end, Michelangelo built a road up to the mountain, which he ... marble that must be trimmed off before it can go to the final phase.
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Piet (marble sculpture) | Michelangelo | High Renaissance ...  Mar 20, 2012 - 4 minMichelangelo, Piet, marble, 1498-1500 (Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome) Speakers ...
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Florence - Wikipedia  Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the Metropolitan City of .... The city primary resource was the Arno river providing power and access for ... a great patron of the arts, commissioning works by Michelangelo, Leonardo da ... In other words, Machiavelli was a sort of political thinker, perhaps most...
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Carrara marble - Wikipedia  Carrara marble is a type of white or blue-grey marble of high quality, popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It is quarried in the city of Carrara located in the province of Massa and Carrara in the Lunigiana, the northernmost tip of modern-day Tuscany, Italy.
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Tuscan Food: Dessert | Walkabout Florence  While tiramis may be the most well known of Italian desserts (a Florentine version is ... Italian ice cream, gelato, is world renowned for its flavour and quality, made with ... Choose the size of your cone (cono) or cup (coppa) first and then the ... Don't forget to try the wonderful fresh fruit sorbets (sorbetto), or a semi-freddo,...
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Where to Eat Bistecca alla Fiorentina in Florence: Best Places to Eat ...  Visit Florence - Fall in love with Florence, Italy! .... Florence is definitely a city for meat lovers: we have many specialties that ... T-bone steak is one of the most famous dishes you may find almost everywhere in Florence, known simply as bistecca alla Fiorentina. ... Normally the Fiorentina steak is cooked on a wood grill.
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Florence travel guide - Wikitravel  And, of course, there is the Accademia, with Michelangelo's David, perhaps the most ... To get a great overview of the city, you have plenty of choices: climb the dome ... for Piazzale Michelangelo a large parking lot on the hillside just south of the ... and in the Oltr'Arno - on the south side of the river, in many ways like Rome's...
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The Life and Works of the Great Michlangelo - Accademia  Painter, sculptor, architect and poet Michelangelo, one of the most famous ... He starts modeling a marble Bacchus, under the patronage of the banker Jacopo Galli. ... Buonarroti is entrusted to sculpt a Piet, a sculpture of Mary holding the ... and Child (Tondo Pitti) today exposed at the Bargello Museum in Florence.