Michelangelo Marble Quarry

3326 ne 33rd st ft.

Michelangelo marble quarry. 7395 w 20th. Until the late 19th century the process of extracting marble from the mountains had remained little changed since michelangelo s time. He comes to carrara riding a gray horse visits the polvaccio quarry and in turn commissions a load of local marble from the stonecutter matteo cuccarello who undertakes to send the stone to the artist as soon as. In the three centuries following michelangelo s time the altissimo quarries went through.

The great michelangelo buonarroti caprese 1475 rome 1564 though he did not leave any of his works of art in carrara always had a close relationship with the town staying there many times to visit the quarries and choose personally the marbles which gave life to his masterpieces. Michelangelo goes to work. Marble has been quarried in carrara located on the northernmost tip of tuscany for nearly 2 000 years. Eric scigliano works magic in michelangelo s mountain he brings cold stone to brilliant captivating life.

Even the legendary marble block which seemed impossible to carve used by the great michelangelo to create his david comes from a quarry near carrara that is still operational nowadays and still can be visited by tourists. Michelangelo chose carrara marble for his acclaimed pietà statue kept in st peter s basilica in the vatican which depicts the body of christ on the lap of his mother mary after his crucifixion. The rebellion was crushed by the italian government but that repression only helped. Became an apprentice to the painter domenico ghirlandaio.

In piazza del duomo cathedral square on the façade of the house where he lived during one of his. Carrara is the marble of michelangelo s piet. Michelangelo buonarroti is just 22 years old and he has just been commissioned nothing less than the pietà by the french cardinal bilhères lagraulas. Michelangelo s father talked the painter into paying his son for being an apprentice which was a rare thing to have happen.

The marble road of the cervaiole quarry winds through monte altissimo photographed on july 14 2017. With the tenacity of an investigative reporter the deep knowledge of a cultural historian and the infectious attitude of a bon vivant traveler scigliano prowls the italian countryside uncovering the mystery of the marble that inspired michelangelo s greatest masterpieces. Michelangelo moved in with a stonecutter and his family in a town where his father owned a marble quarry.