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unusual facts about Marble sculpture


Marble sculpture

Hammer and point work is the technique used in working stone, in use at least since Roman times, as it is described in the legend of Pygmalion, and even earlier, the ancient Greek sculptors used it from c.



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Notre-Dame de Clignancourt

The church still contains paintings and frescos by prominent 19th-century artists, including Romain Cazes and Félix-Joseph Barrias, and a large marble sculpture depicting the Pietà.

Ranger's House

However the larger part of it consists of an eclectic mix of decorative art, including Renaissance jewellery, medieval, Byzantine and Renaissance ivories, tapestries, furniture and Sèvres porcelain, as well as a life size marble sculpture by Bergonzoli of an angel kissing a semi-nude woman entitled "The Love of Angels".

Sankho Chaudhuri

1987 : Executed approximate 4’.6” Marble Sculpture for Habitat, Nairobi.

Thinker

The Thinker, Le Penseur in French, a bronze and marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin