Pietra dura

The first two pictures are my piece of "Pietra Dura" from Pitti Mosaici in Florence. It is an inlay of hard stones. This artform flourished under the Medici, and their workshops are now an amazing but unknown museum - (Museo della Opera della Pietra Dura - museum of the workshops of hard stone). The second two pictures are of a table in the museum. Notice that each stone has been selected for the correct shading and tonal variation.


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