Marble

There are a lot of memorials that come in to place to remember certain points in history. Such as, Pearl Harbor memorial, Chief Washakie statue, George Washington Memorial, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse memorial etc. Memorials help the forgotten to be Found like the fallen soldiers of World War 2, Vietnam. The three different types of memorials are land cape, Monuments, a better meaning. Land cape is a big memorial to people. There are different types of Land capes that can bring…

before a gate that led into a yard bordered by a strip of thirsty earth, where there were flowers, purple stock and scarlet geranium. Above the entrance was a board with an inscription Chas. Atkinson Monumental Mason Worker in English and Italian Marbles from the yard itself came a cheery whistle, the noise of hammer blows, and the cold sound of steel meeting stone. A sudden impulse made me enter. A man was sitting…

or in water, There is wooden roller coasters and metal roller coasters, and they can be inside or outside. Two of my classmates and I created a roller coaster of our own. We made hills, drops, loops, and twists. We would have a marble be our cart and we had to get the marble to the end, and in the grand finale without it falling out. The First successful roller coaster was created in 1884. It made its grand opening at New…

Granite is widely known as the hardest building stone in the world. So, just why is this reliable material so strong? Today, the stone countertop experts at Rocky Mountain Granite & Marble in Webster, NY, explain what you need to know: A Sturdy Composition Granite is created when molten rock solidifies under the earth’s crust. Composed of Quartz, Mica, Feldspar, and other strong minerals, it’s only natural the product is so sturdy. In fact, quartz and feldspar are tougher than steel. The only…

The Cathedral of St. Paul, designed in 1905 by Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, at the time was referred to as “a modern building” (Cathedral of St. Paul, n.d.). It was designed in the Beaux Arts style popularized between 1893-1929, considered a “revival style” and characterized by heavy ornamentation, large features and “heavy masonry”. Roman arches and columns are often used in this style (Architectural Styles.org, n.d.) That style can be seen in the arches, domes, symmetry and lines. One of the…

Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal, c. 1632-1647. Marble, 580m by 300m The Taj Mahal is a powerful and famous building worldwide and according to Let’s Go, The Taj Mahal is “Featured on signs of a million and one restaurants, T-shirts, and biscuit tins…” (176) The Taj Mahal is famous because of the builder, Shah Jahan’s, sad love story and the “unique beauty” (Bradnock & Bradnock 243) of the architecture. Built with white marble and different stones from across Central Asia, engraved with different floral…

city of Knidos in Asia Minor. The figure was carved out of marble and it was 6 feet and 8 inches tall, bigger than a life size figure. The statue shows a woman that is represented in nude with no hands, and a body that is very timeworn. It is a sculpture that can be seen at many different points. This sculpture is classified as a free standing sculpture. In Aphrodite of Knidos, the miraculous sculpture was chiseled out of pentelic marble which made the sculpture look smooth with a warm creamy…

anatomy became more accurate and the transition into realism became more evident (Kouros, 2002). By the end of the Archaic Period and into the early Classical Period a sculpture titled Kritios Boy (480 BCE) was created. Kritios Boy was carved from marble, approximately 3 feet and 10 inches in height, and was the first to portray weight shift in proportion to the human body. Never before had a sculptor been concerned…

Greek Temple My Greek temple sits on a cliff looking over the Aegean Sea. My temple is dedicated to Poseidon who’s the God of the sea, and protectors of the water. The style I chose to use to build my temple was Iconic. My temple is rather long, and measuring twenty four by forty-five sq. ft. My columns are each three feet apart. They stretch to thirty-two feet tall and there are eight columns in the front eight columns in the back, and fifteen columns on each side. There is a carved band…

David was sculpted by Michelangelo which he began working on 1501 and finished in 1504. This sculpture is 518 centimeters (17’ tall) and is made of marble. It was made during the Italian Renaissance. This sculpture is located in the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence, Italy (Smart History, 2015). This stature was made to represent the biblical hero David, as the title suggests, who fought Goliath (Smart History, 2015). David is a young individual that battles Goliath when his older…