In 1803 as he was set to leave Rome, he received the commission to execute the Jason in marble from Thomas Hope, a wealthy English art-patron.

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Suddenly there was a commotion upstairs, a despairing boyish shriek, and the strains of the waltz faltered and died as the musicians and guests gaped at an apparition descending the marble staircase.

Next he turned to wax because there was a similarity of wax to marble in tactile quality and translucence.

To climax her Roman revels, she was thrown out of the swanky Hotel Excelsior after she had run naked through its marble halls screaming for help.

The Apollo Belvedere is a marble sculpture that was rediscovered in the late 15th century ; for centuries it epitomized the ideals of Classical Antiquity for Europeans, from the Renaissance through the 19th century.

The Greek abacus was a table of wood or marble, pre-set with small counters in wood or metal for mathematical calculations.

Algardi's large dramatic marble high-relief panel of Pope Leo and Attila ( 1646 – 53 ) for St Peter's Basilica was widely admired in his day, and reinvigorated the use of such marble reliefs.

It was excavated by Spiegelthal in 1854, who found that it covered a large vault of finely cut marble blocks approached by a flat-roofed passage of the same stone from the south.

Antonio Canova (; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822 ) was an Italian sculptor from the Republic of Venice who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh.

The model filled Italy with admiration ; the marble was procured, and the chisel of the sculptor ready to be applied to it, when the jealousy of churchmen as to the site, or some other cause, deprived the country of the projected work.

His heart was interred in a marble pyramid he designed as a mausoleum for the painter Titian in the church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice, now a monument to the sculptor.

Canova's marble statue George Washington was commissioned by the State of North Carolina after the war of 1812 to be displayed in its Capitol Building.

The project included collection and identification of all stone fragments, even small ones, from the Acropolis and its slopes and the attempt was made to restore as much as possible using reassembled original material-with new marble from Mount Penteli used sparingly.

The Pentelic marble portrait head of Arcadius ( illustration ) was discovered in Istanbul close to the Forum Tauri, in June 1949, in excavating foundations for new buildings of the University at Beyazit.

Aeacus himself showed his gratitude by erecting a temple to Zeus Panhellenius on mount Panhellenion, and the Aeginetans afterwards built a sanctuary in their island called Aeaceum, which was a square place enclosed by walls of white marble.

The corrosive effect of polluted, acidic city air on limestone and marble was noted in the 17th century by John Evelyn, who remarked upon the poor condition of the Arundel marbles.

Another of his most important works was the marble and bronze Fountain of Neptune ( Fontana del Nettuno ) for the Piazza della Signoria.

When the work on the ungainly sea god was finished, Michelangelo scoffed at Ammannati that he had ruined a beautiful piece of marble: " Ammannati, Ammanato, che bell ' marmo hai rovinato!

He was handsome, young, with a face carved in marble.

There are a number of interesting monuments, most notably that of Prior Vivian which was formerly in the Priory Church ( Thomas Vivian's effigy lying on a chest: black Catacleuse stone and grey marble ).

The larger ship was essentially an elaborate floating palace that counted marble floors and plumbing among its amenities.

A famous marble set, probably 2nd century, was brought to St Peter's, Rome by Constantine I, and placed round the saint's shrine, and was thus familiar throughout the Middle Ages, by which time they were thought to have been removed from the Temple of Jerusalem.

Borgia was originally buried in a marble tomb beneath the altar of the Church of Santa Maria in Viana with an inscription " Here lies in little earth one who was feared by all, who held peace and war in his hand.

Commissioned by Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1808 and finished in 1832 a statue of Adonis is one of the few works in marble carved solely by Thorvaldsen's own hand, and at the same time it is one of the works that is closest to the antique Greek ideals.

Vasari said of him " He did nothing but make bozzetti and finished little ", and modern commentators have remarked on the vitality of Bandinelli's terracotta models contrasted with the finished marbles: " all the freshness of his first approach to a subject was lost in the laborious execution in marble ... A brilliant draughtsman and excellent small-scale sculptor, he had a morbid fascination for colossi which he was ill-equipped to execute.

As the finished marble ages it becomes harder and more durable.

Compared to marble sculpture and other stonework the finished product is far lighter and may be further glazed to produce objects with color or durable simulations of metal patina.

Terrazzo artisans create walkways, floors, patios, and panels by exposing marble chips and other fine aggregates on the surface of finished concrete or epoxy-resin.

Granite or marble tiles are sawn on both sides and then polished or finished on the facing up side, so that they have a uniform thickness.

Columns with Corinthian capitals and sections of finished marble revetment, discovered on the nearby hillside at Stani, belong probably to the Temple of Minerva or to the Capitolium.

The Cristo della Minerva, also known as Christ the Redeemer or Christ Carrying the Cross, is a marble sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, finished in 1521, located to the left of the main altar.

The facade is in white marble and granite and, when finished, the inner decorations will be of mosaics.

Clandon Park's interiors, which were finished into the 1740s, feature a two-storey Marble Hall, containing marble chimney pieces by English sculptor Michael Rysbrack.

In 1906 her image was sculpted by Auguste Rodin ; the clay model can be seen today in the Musée Rodin in Paris, and the finished marble bust is on display in New York's Metropolitan Museum.

Dwarf bookcases were frequently finished with a slab of choice marble at the top.

The lobby interior consists of reflective black marble walls with finished wood paneling and a dramatic lobby waterfall.

The marble, finished after Bosio's death by his nephew, is at Versailles.

All the building spaces are finished completely with marble / ceramic tiled floors. only final year Class – rooms are air-conditioned with gallery type seating arrangement.

Begun in 1926 and finished in the early winter of 1927, the structure is built of white marble.

The façade of the building is of Brazilian red granite, and the first four floors are finished in pink and white marble, imported wood paneling and decorative tile.

It is finished on the outside with Alabama limestone and marble detailing, and marble in the lobbies.

The Rotunda is finished with Travertine marble native to New Mexico and inlaid with a turquoise and brass mosaic of the Great Seal of New Mexico.

Each green marble column was high and in diameter when finished.

The marble staircases between the first and second floors were also completed, and the fifth floor with its Royal Arch Masonry room was almost finished as well.