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"When Lino learned his trade in the Morrow studio in Carrar he was thrilled with the process of carving stone. The sbozzatore first roughs out the block with his point chisel. This is the beginning. Then the more detailed carvers work the stone, first with flat and claw chisels, then with an ever-more-fine system of rasps. Then the polishing."
Prologue: The Stone
Part One: The Point Chisel
Part Two: The Flat Chisel
Part Three: The Claw Chisel
Part Four: The Rasps
Part Five: Sand
Epilogue: Emery
"When my mother is asked by tourists or by some newcomers in the Cafe David in Pietrabella why she loves stone as much as she does, her answer surprises them. 'Because I can move around it,' she says. 'That's what space is for.'"
"It's something that distinguishes most mortals from gods, and most mortals from artists as great as Michelangelo and Constantin Brancusi. We don't often get to the essence of things. This shortcoming is particularly apparent when the object in question is time. When it comes to that particular dimension, gods think of us as morons."
I want to read this book again.
Prologue: The Stone
Part One: The Point Chisel
Part Two: The Flat Chisel
Part Three: The Claw Chisel
Part Four: The Rasps
Part Five: Sand
Epilogue: Emery
"When my mother is asked by tourists or by some newcomers in the Cafe David in Pietrabella why she loves stone as much as she does, her answer surprises them. 'Because I can move around it,' she says. 'That's what space is for.'"
"It's something that distinguishes most mortals from gods, and most mortals from artists as great as Michelangelo and Constantin Brancusi. We don't often get to the essence of things. This shortcoming is particularly apparent when the object in question is time. When it comes to that particular dimension, gods think of us as morons."
I want to read this book again.
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