Carrara, Italy — A remarkable innovation is changing the way timeless art is created. For centuries, Italy's world-famous Carrara marble has been used to make some of the most iconic sculptures in ...

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Across the street from the Forum this summer, visitors to Rome are treated to an unexpected sight: Uruguayan sculptor Pablo Atchugarry‘s “Eternal City, Eternal Marbles,” on view at Trajan’s Market, a ...

Why is Carrara marble so white? Whose statue stands in nearly every Italian town? For the answers, follow me and local guide Boris to Colonnata, a village high in northern Italy’s Apuan Alps above the ...

The Pantheon temple in Rome glistens with precious, white marble from Italy’s town of Carrara, a stone that was prized by the ancient Romans and Renaissance masters. Now, extraction rates of 5,000 ...

Carrara marble is one of the most prestigious marbles in the world. A slab can cost up to $400 per square meter, and over history, it has been used for some remarkable buildings. Think of the Pantheon ...

Toward New York, last week, plowed the black Italian freighter Tagliamento, laden with a cargo of white Carrara marble. In the yards of C. D. Jackson Co., Manhattan stone importers, marblemen waited ...

Ever wondered how marble is quarried? The process, documented in this stunning short by Italian artist and filmmaker Yuri Ancarani, is utterly transfixing. Assorted observations: It’s a little unreal ...

It was a day like no other. The toilets were golden, the guests were chartered in on private jets, and the flowers were stacked so high that only a sliver of sun peeked through. And the marble — the ...