It is used for its optical properties in cosmetics paint and paper.
Architecture with colored marble.
It is a calcitic white marble.
The properties of marble and its uses.
It is used for its beauty in architecture and sculpture.
The temples that housed them were in color also.
Very few rocks have as many uses as marble.
It has a very peculiar chromatism in which broken white and very fine light grey veins are punctually dotted with tiny amber and golden notes.
Seeing these classic statues recreated in vivid colors seems gaudy and almost obscene to us today because we expect ancient greek statuary to bear that dignified blank white look.
The crema valencia is a marble with cream tones and intricate white and red colored veins that run throughout the marble surface.
Historically color has always been seen as a status symbol and our collective tastes have definitely changed over the centuries.
To us classical antiquity means white marble.
It is used for its chemical properties in pharmaceuticals and agriculture.
Architecture under shah jahan.
Not so to the greeks who thought of their gods in living color and portrayed them that way too.
This detail allows this marble type to be used both indoors as well as outdoors.