12. The restoration took 10 months. Master craftsmen picked through the 100 bits of marble broken off of the Pietà and puzzled them back together. In a makeshift lab built around the statue, these ...

Experts added a carbon fiber pole to help anchor the "Apollo Belvedere," which had developed cracks along the legs and knees.

They supply the bulk of the marble used in Italy and Europe to-day for sculpture and other ornamental work, while, as is well known, a large amount is sent to the United States, in blocks in the ...

The Vatican Museums unveiled on Tuesday a restoration of one of the crown jewels of their collection, a 2nd century marble ...

On Tuesday, the restoration of one of the Vatican Museums ‘ most prized artworks was unveiled. The Apollo Belvedere is a ...

Translucency, at its essence, is an optical property that enables the total or partial passage of light through materials, without providing a clear view of the objects behind them. Despite its ...

Also at Saint Francis, an outdoor spiritual space includes a replica of Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, the Pieta statue, a Nativity scene and the Stations of the Cross. The Schwab gardens ...

He was simply chiseling away the excess. These rough and unfinished statues seem to be struggling, like prisoners, to free themselves from the marble. They show the Renaissance love of the body as ...

The world’s tallest statue, which was unveiled last fall, stands at 597 ft. on an island in the Narmada River. It towers over the Sardar Sarovar Dam in the western Indian state of Gujarat ...

His legacy is still remembered over 20 years since he passed away and in 2015, a $40,000 bronze statue of him was unveiled in ...

Junior doctors, who resumed their indefinite strike this month, unveiled a statue on the hospital premises in memory of the trainee doctor. Titled Cry of the Hour, the black fibreglass bust ...