Marble, from the quarry to the palace

This book narrates the story of marble, since the time of its perilous extraction from the quaryy all the way to its most prestigious uses in architecture and works of arts. The author, an art historian and researcher, describes marble according to the philosophical, learned and religious literature viewpoints, but also from the techniques used by stone cutters in the quarries and marble workers. Superb photographies and numerous, yet unpublished, illustrations accompany a brilliant piece of writing, wich reads like an epic. Académies des Beaux-arts et d'Architecture 2007 prizes winner.