Marble sculpture
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marble-sculpture-178-13749315
title:
Marble sculpture
text:
Marble has been the preferred material for stone monumental sculpture since ancient times, with several advantages over its more common geological "parent" limestone, in particular the ability to absorb light a small distance into the surface before refracting it in subsurface scattering. This gives an attractive soft appearance which is especially good for representing human skin, and which can also be polished. Of the many different types of marble the pure white ones are generally used for sc
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Three-dimensional art form from marble
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_sculpture
date created:
2003-01-05T22:34:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T15:33:24Z
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