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Carrara
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Car·ra·ra  (k-rär, kär-rärä)
A city of northern Italy near the Ligurian Sea east of Genoa. It is famous for the white marble quarried nearby that was favored by Michelangelo. Population: 65,000.
Carrara [kəˈrɑːrə (Italian) karˈraːra]
n
(Placename) a town in NW Italy, in NW Tuscany: famous for its marble. Pop.: 68 480 (1990)
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For an exhibition at Ibid Projects in London this past winter, for example, Silver acquired several discarded marble copies of Roman and Greek statuary, recently carved in Carrara, Italy, that had been tossed aside by local artisans because the sculptures were cracked, chipped, or rendered crooked during their making.
Gilda Williams on Daniel Silver by Williams, Gilda / Artforum International
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Experts believe that the grey-flaked block, weighing two tonnes, originates from the same quarry in Carrara, Italy, that Michaelangelo used to carve his statue of David.
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