Each marble column was constructed of a monolith main shaft made of one complete piece of marble measuring almost seven meters and alone weighing about 7.5 tons, a lower pedestal and a capital on ...

JERUSALEM — Moving a 4.7-ton piece of an ancient marble column is never easy. When the piece is from a column that was once part of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, making sure it is ...

But The Column, a short fim by the Albanian artist Adrian Paci, is the first time we’ve ever been able to bear witness to the entire process.Paci hired a group of Chinese craftsman to complete a ...

He’s reportedly gutted the place — presumably to make way for marble columns in his own likeness. Braswell Galleries [Official site] On the Block, a Peek Into the Lifestyle of Bob Guccione [NYT] ...

A repatriated marble column on display in Zhengjue Temple in Yuanmingyuan. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] After a long odyssey overseas, seven marble columns from the ruins of Yuanmingyuan, or ...

Caption 2: Part of an unfinished fluted marble column rests on a marble slab. Many other slabs are scattered throughout the park as well as a few still-standing marble walls and columns. Courtesy ...