Carrara
White stone source
Carrara is a city in Tuscany, Italy, famous for its white marble quarries.
Carrara marble has been prized since ancient Rome and was Michelangelo's material of choice.
The name often appears as shorthand for the marble itself: The countertops are Carrara.
By extension, Carrara suggests classical elegance and high-end craftsmanship in architecture and design.
Florentine sculptor and painter
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- whiteAbsence of pigment
- veinedMarked with linear channels
- slabThick flat piece
statuary · block · Pietà · David · stonecutting · polished · extraction · luminous
Michelangelo
Florentine sculptor and painter
slab · statuary · block · Pietà · David · stonecutting · polished · extraction · luminous · translucent
Tuscany
Central Italian region
- ItalyBoot-shaped European nation
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- coastalOf the shoreline
hillside · province · region · Italian · commune · mountainous · terraced · piazza · duomo · marina
quarrying
Open-pit stone mining
- stonecuttersThose who shape rock
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- exportForeign-bound sale
trade · artisans · workshops · blocks · sawing · transport · cranes · trucks · processing · polishing