Route
from Versilia
The marble of Carrara and querry
marble of Carrara| visit marble querry | marble museum
 |
||
| The large one tradition
of operating of the marble, indicates in the time in different
ways, like stone-cutter, sculptor, sticks stones, magistri lapidum,
is born much anciently in the Carrara country and Versilia, lands
of marble deposit crowned from the Apuane, marble mounts. From
they earth craftsmen and artists lend their work wherever, in
the great yards of Italy and Europe. To leave from the end of
the 1300's, they begin to emerge the names of some dynasties of
original sculptor of the Versilia. We remember the Pardini, of
which Antonio it was Archimagister of the factory of the Dome
of Lucca and probable Bonuccio author of the christening font
of Pietrasanta. (1389). |
 |
|
| Their work can be
take-back to the illustrious tradition of the Pisa-people Andrea
and run Nino. Nel of the 1400's prevails the family of the Riccomanni:
the Riccomanno prototype, with the Leonardo son, executed the
small loggia of the facade of the church of Saint Augustin di
Pietrasanta (1431). The shop that it made the head to Leonardo,
to which the grandson was associated Francisco, operated repeatedly
between Tuscany and Liguria. Of this activity two products you
notice much are the two shovels of altar of Sarzana. In Versilia,
in the church of Saint Pantaleone di Pieve to Helices, a trittico
of marble (1470) is attributed to this ransom. |
||
| Particularly important, species
in the tradition pietrasantina, is the store of the Stagi: Lorenzo
and its Stagio son. Above all Stagio has enjoyed and enjoys a
various such reputation that has been reported indiscriminately
to its hand works, also some that the documents it gives to the
Lorenzo father. Of Lorenzo, that it had been active in the bottega of Matteo Civitali to Lucca and Pisa, they are conserved in the Dome of Pietrasanta, marble elements (1502 - 1507) that they constitute the chorus; |
 |
|
| the work remained
incomplete and touched to others the completion. Its is the pedestal
of the pulpit (1504) and its the eucaristic tabernacle to small
temple (1496 -1502) then dismaise and transferred in the church
of Farnocchia according to christening font. To support those
tabernacle, exactly, the pedestal red-use in XVII the century
was destined originally as support of the pulpit. The influence
of the ways of the Civitali is particularly obvious in these works
of Lorenzo. Of Stagio it has often been said that it would have
received the more part of its formation working in the orbit of
the father; in truth these died when still Stagio was boy. Its
works of the rest show the originality and the innovation of its
to make; more wide one is as an example the decorative catalogue,
inspired in remarkable measure to the grotesque ones and sure
deduce from that Pandolfo Fancelli with which it started the imposing
renewal of the marble furnishings of the Cathedral of Pisa. To
Pietrasanta, in the Dome, they are of Stagio two to acquasantiere
(1521-1522) to he have been always reported the stoup of the church
of Nocchi (1520) and the candelabrum of the Dome of Pietrasanta,
these last ones are instead of the end of century XVI. This period,
to horse between the 1400's and the 1500's was marked from the
job of numerous sculptor that in the zone found the fertile land
for their work. |
||
| More sure trace
has gotten lost; between these "masters without name"
the personality of an other artist emerges but, fiorentino but
transplanted in Versilia; of he the name, Donated Benti, is famous
for the works that have signed and the function that which proxy
of Michelangelo carried out. To Pietrasanta, in the Dome, conserve
of he the stoup signed and dated 1508, placed currently in the
left transept:a along it has been considered the original support
of the case of the pulpit. |
 |
|
| In the Oratory
of Saint Giacinto the cup with marine ornament of the christening
font to temple also this - like it seems singular fate of many
monuments pietrasantini - more resumptions is its rearrangement
and only completed a century after. One tabernacle to temple it
has been executed from the Benti in the 1528 for the church of
Sant' Augustin; today it is found to Cardoso, used like christening
font. To Nocchi, a tabernacle much similar - not documented -
it can be operates its; to Seravezza the christening font of the
church is probably its of Knows Lorenzo and Barbara to you. If
the centuries between the 1300's and the 1500's were the period
of great importance in the work of the sculptor, the art of the
marble never has not been extinguished in Versilia in the field
of the decoration more than in the statue. The value of an artistic
tradition and a handicraft wisdom persists that still today finds
food in the economic and productive truth of the territory. |
||
| Marble querry | |
|
| Colonnata
querry The hollow ones of Colonnata Before the stage of the visit to the hollow ones leads generally to Colonnata, ancient village defended to 532 meters s.l.m., than the tradition it wants to have been founded from the Roman in order to lodge the slaves engages to you in the excavation. The hollow ones of the channel of Colonnata constitute the more imposing of the apuani river basins and offer an arrogant sight of "ravaneti", the spectacular ones accumulate of marble detritus white man carefully lay down on the flanks of the Serrone mounts Greater and Smuggler to you, to the top of which the river basin of Joy is found: a complex of hollow that offers a blow of only eye to the world. |
||
| The museum of Carrara marble | |
|
| Civic Marble Museum Address |
||
The Civic Marble Museum, founded in 1982 by the Town Administration, is aimed to preserve all works of local marble culture.|
Apuane Alpes | Corchia coves |Wind Caves | Puccini| Massaciuccoli | Five lands | Port of Viareggio | liberty art | Pisa | Lucca | Florence | other cities | San Rossore park | Massarosa | Montignoso | Pietrasanta | Seravezza | Malaspina castle| Aghinolfi castle | Carrara and marble | caves |
|
|
home| info | images | hotel | amusement | events | itinerary | address | guest area |
|
|
|