Carrara marble

Esquema

Getty AAT: Materials (matter)

Jerarquía

<materials by composition> > inorganic material > rock > metamorphic rock > marble (rock) > <marble by color or pattern> > white marble

Descripción

Refers to a type of marble quarried in the area around Carrara, in Tuscany, Italy. It is characterized by a fine, compact grain and varies in color from pure white to creamy white, sometimes with a bluish tinge; it is a saccharoidal rock that can appear translucent in the finer grades. It has been a favorite stone of sculptors from antiquity to the present, including Michelangelo Buonarotti. Luna marble was the name used in ancient Rome.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011576

Otros términos

  • 卡拉拉大理石 [zh]
  • Carrara marmer [nl]
  • marbre de Carrare [fr]
  • mármol de Carrara [es]
  • kǎ lā lā dà lǐ shí [zh]
  • ka la la da li shi [zh]
  • k'a la la ta li shih [zh]
  • Luna marble [en]
  • marble, Carrara [en]
  • marble, Luna [en]
  • marmor Lunense [en]
  • marmor Luniense [en]
  • 卡拉拉大理岩 [zh]