Nero antico marble

Description

A fine-grain, black marble with occasional white markings. Nero antico was used for sculptures by ancient Greeks and Romans, primarily from the first through third centuries CE. The dark marble was quarried in Greece (Cape Tainaron - ancient Taygetus mountains) and Tunisia (Djebel Aziza).

Resources and Citations

• Ancient Trade Routes: Website

• Frank A. Lent, Trade names and Descriptions of Marbles, Limestones, Sandstones, Granites and Other Building Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries., Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925

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

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

• Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "Laconia." Accessed 7 Oct. 2004 .