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How can marble look like skin?
A cold, rigid stone can appear soft, warm, and almost alive. The secret lies not only in the sculptor’s skill, but also in the way marble carries light.
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Conservation
Can a single finger really damage a marble statue?
Marble seems indestructible, yet its surface can preserve the traces of repeated contact. The real damage almost never comes from one finger: it comes from repetition.
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Techniques and materials
The invention that changed modern painting
Before Monet and Renoir came a container that is almost invisible in art history: the paint tube. It did not create Impressionism by itself, but it made new working habits possible.
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