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Marble

A metamorphic, hard, dense, crystalline stone primarily composed of calcium carbonate. It is finely grained and polishes to a smooth, high gloss.

Basics Works of Art Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

Carving marble with traditional tools

Ancient and Byzantine mosaic materials

Quarrying and carving marble

Replicating Michelangelo

Donatello’s marble carving technique

Works of Art

Peplos Kore

c. 530 B.C.E.

Anavysos Kouros

c. 530 B.C.E.

Assyrian revival architecture in New York City

1909–28

Pensive bodhisattvas

c. 2nd century–7th century

Metope with Athena, Herakles, and Atlas from the Temple of Zeus, Olympia

470–457 B.C.E.

Temple of Zeus, Olympia

470–457 B.C.E.

Great Mosque of Tlemcen

1136

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

359 C.E.

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