Marble is a very soft 'somewhat brittle' stone. This means that slabs of marble are relatively easy to carve and polish. However, when cut into hearth size slabs e.g. 3" thick x 5' long moving it becomes quite a task.
Marble is also strong and durable and can withstand rough weather.
People can use marble for architecture and grand buildings statues are made up of marble.
The metamorphic rock called Marble is most often used for carving statues and the ornamental parts of buildings. In particular the marble mined in the Italian quarries of Carrara is prized for statues.
Greek artists made temples for their gods, important buildings, and statues out of marble. Sure, they might have done more than that, but thats all I know.
Marble is a metamorphic rock- statues, buildings, rolling pins Slate is also metamorphic and is used on roofs- tiles.
Statues are commonly made from marble.
Marble is a metamorphic rock- statues, buildings, rolling pins Slate is also metamorphic and is used on roofs- tiles.
Marble is the historical rock used for statues. Marble was used because it is soft enough to be carved, but hard enough to survive for a while. Unfortunately, Marble is metamorphosed Limestone and as such it reacts with Acid. Acid rain has hurt many historic statues.
Marble
they used it to build structures and statues
david
They copied them, just as we copy them today. The difference is Greeks and Romans covered them with brilliant red, blue etc paint (also their statues) unlike today when we pretend that they were austere marble. No, the paint on the ancient buildings and statues has peeled off - they lived in a riot of colour.
Stone or maybe marble