While marble is quarried in many countries around the world including greece usa india spain romania china sweden and even germany there is one country which is generally considered the home of the most high grade and luxurious marble available italy.
World s best marble sculpture.
Marble sculpting refers to the art of creating three dimensional marble.
The oldest known statuette named venus of hohle fels dates back to around 33 000 38 000 bce and since then the sculpture art has changed in many ways.
Why italian marble is the finest marble in the world.
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Its arms and original plinth have been lost.
Pieta 1499 michelangelo.
This type of art is among the oldest form in the world and it is thought to have been used long before even the painting or the cave walls by the humans.
It is a marble sculpture slightly larger than life size at 203 cm 6 ft 8 in high.
It is believed to depict aphrodite venus to the romans the greek goddess of love and beauty.
Michelangelo active during the renaissance is widely regarded as the most influential sculptor of all time he was just 24 at the time of completion of the pieta which was soon regarded as one of the world s great masterpieces of sculpture pieta as a theme in christian art depicts virgin mary supporting the body of the dead christ after the crucifixion.
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