Parian marble - Revision history

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	== Description ==		== Description ==

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	Pyros marble; Paros marble; hard Grechetto; lichnites; Parischer Marmor (Deut.)		Pyros marble; Paros marble; hard Grechetto; lichnites; Parischer Marmor (Deut.)

	== ~~Additional Information~~ ==		==Resources and Citations==

	° Ancient Trade Routes: [http://www.ancientroute.com/resource/stone/marble.htm Website] ° Donato Attanasio, Mauro Brilli, Neil Ogle, ''The Isotopic Signature of Classical Marbles'', L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, 2006: [http://books.google.com/books?id=-ihbTxFE2RkC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=classification+parian+marble+type+i&source=bl&ots=F2RO99laKz&sig=U3jGa_rDGZtEgIWaIJAPCG_igHY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qiRaT4arIIKqrAfMwo2NDA&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=classification%20parian%20marble%20type%20i&f=false Website] ° Donato Attanasio, ''Ancient White Marbles. Analysis and Characterization by PRS'', L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, 2003: [http://books.google.com/books?id=08gOUB2qRcQC&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=classification+parian+marble+type+i&source=bl&ots=L2-xiOeWg6&sig=E0N1H8HCjPC10mv9hnf4V32SgAE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qiRaT4arIIKqrAfMwo2NDA&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=classification%20parian%20marble%20type%20i&f=false Website]		* Ancient Trade Routes: [http://www.ancientroute.com/resource/stone/marble.htm Website]

	== ~~Sources Checked for Data in Record~~ ==		* Donato Attanasio, Mauro Brilli, Neil Ogle, ''The Isotopic Signature of Classical Marbles'', L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, 2006: [http://books.google.com/books?id=-ihbTxFE2RkC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=classification+parian+marble+type+i&source=bl&ots=F2RO99laKz&sig=U3jGa_rDGZtEgIWaIJAPCG_igHY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qiRaT4arIIKqrAfMwo2NDA&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=classification%20parian%20marble%20type%20i&f=false Website]

			* Donato Attanasio, ''Ancient White Marbles. Analysis and Characterization by PRS'', L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, 2003: [http://books.google.com/books?id=08gOUB2qRcQC&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=classification+parian+marble+type+i&source=bl&ots=L2-xiOeWg6&sig=E0N1H8HCjPC10mv9hnf4V32SgAE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qiRaT4arIIKqrAfMwo2NDA&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=classification%20parian%20marble%20type%20i&f=false Website]

	* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)		* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

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	== Description ==		== Description ==

	A pure white, sugary-grain, translucent [~~http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=~~marble marble] with large shiny [~~http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=~~calcite calcite] crystals. Since the 2nd millennium BCE, Parian marble has been quarried on the Isle of Paros at sites located in the central area near the village of Marathi. Parian marble was used for sculpture and buildings. Variations have been classified based on grain size as well as isotopic and trace element compositions (Attanasio 2003): - Type I: fine to medium grain, lustrous warm white, used in classical times - Type II: medium to large grain - Type III: medium to large grain		A pure white, sugary-grain, translucent [[marble\|marble]] with large shiny [[calcite\|calcite]] crystals. Since the 2nd millennium BCE, Parian marble has been quarried on the Isle of Paros at sites located in the central area near the village of Marathi. Parian marble was used for sculpture and buildings. Variations have been classified based on grain size as well as isotopic and trace element compositions (Attanasio 2003): - Type I: fine to medium grain, lustrous warm white, used in classical times - Type II: medium to large grain - Type III: medium to large grain

	== Synonyms and Related Terms ==		== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

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	° Ancient Trade Routes: [http://www.ancientroute.com/resource/stone/marble.htm Website] ° Donato Attanasio, Mauro Brilli, Neil Ogle, ''The Isotopic Signature of Classical Marbles'', L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, 2006: [http://books.google.com/books?id=-ihbTxFE2RkC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=classification+parian+marble+type+i&source=bl&ots=F2RO99laKz&sig=U3jGa_rDGZtEgIWaIJAPCG_igHY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qiRaT4arIIKqrAfMwo2NDA&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=classification%20parian%20marble%20type%20i&f=false Website] ° Donato Attanasio, ''Ancient White Marbles. Analysis and Characterization by PRS'', L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, 2003: [http://books.google.com/books?id=08gOUB2qRcQC&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=classification+parian+marble+type+i&source=bl&ots=L2-xiOeWg6&sig=E0N1H8HCjPC10mv9hnf4V32SgAE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qiRaT4arIIKqrAfMwo2NDA&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=classification%20parian%20marble%20type%20i&f=false Website]		° Ancient Trade Routes: [http://www.ancientroute.com/resource/stone/marble.htm Website] ° Donato Attanasio, Mauro Brilli, Neil Ogle, ''The Isotopic Signature of Classical Marbles'', L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, 2006: [http://books.google.com/books?id=-ihbTxFE2RkC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=classification+parian+marble+type+i&source=bl&ots=F2RO99laKz&sig=U3jGa_rDGZtEgIWaIJAPCG_igHY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qiRaT4arIIKqrAfMwo2NDA&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=classification%20parian%20marble%20type%20i&f=false Website] ° Donato Attanasio, ''Ancient White Marbles. Analysis and Characterization by PRS'', L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, 2003: [http://books.google.com/books?id=08gOUB2qRcQC&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=classification+parian+marble+type+i&source=bl&ots=L2-xiOeWg6&sig=E0N1H8HCjPC10mv9hnf4V32SgAE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qiRaT4arIIKqrAfMwo2NDA&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=classification%20parian%20marble%20type%20i&f=false Website]

	== ~~Authority~~ ==		== Sources Checked for Data in Record ==

	* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)		* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

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== Description ==

A pure white, sugary-grain, translucent [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=marble marble] with large shiny [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=calcite calcite] crystals. Since the 2nd millennium BCE, Parian marble has been quarried on the Isle of Paros at sites located in the central area near the village of Marathi. Parian marble was used for sculpture and buildings. Variations have been classified based on grain size as well as isotopic and trace element compositions (Attanasio 2003): - Type I: fine to medium grain, lustrous warm white, used in classical times - Type II: medium to large grain - Type III: medium to large grain

== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

Pyros marble; Paros marble; hard Grechetto; lichnites; Parischer Marmor (Deut.)

== Additional Information ==

° Ancient Trade Routes: [http://www.ancientroute.com/resource/stone/marble.htm Website] ° Donato Attanasio, Mauro Brilli, Neil Ogle, ''The Isotopic Signature of Classical Marbles'', L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, 2006: [http://books.google.com/books?id=-ihbTxFE2RkC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=classification+parian+marble+type+i&source=bl&ots=F2RO99laKz&sig=U3jGa_rDGZtEgIWaIJAPCG_igHY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qiRaT4arIIKqrAfMwo2NDA&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=classification%20parian%20marble%20type%20i&f=false Website] ° Donato Attanasio, ''Ancient White Marbles. Analysis and Characterization by PRS'', L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, 2003: [http://books.google.com/books?id=08gOUB2qRcQC&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=classification+parian+marble+type+i&source=bl&ots=L2-xiOeWg6&sig=E0N1H8HCjPC10mv9hnf4V32SgAE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qiRaT4arIIKqrAfMwo2NDA&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=classification%20parian%20marble%20type%20i&f=false Website]

== Authority ==

* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

* Luciana and Tiziano Mannoni, ''Marble: the history of a culture'', Facts on File Publications

* Janet Burnett Grossman, ''Looking at Greek and Roman Sculpture in Stone'', J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2003

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