| Historical monuments and pieces of ancient sculptures, | | | | In fact the use of marble and other natural stones |
| which are present till these days, prove the importance | | | | have been revived during the Renaissance period. |
| of marble for architectural works. They speak of the | | | | Sculpture made by Michelangelo can be cited as |
| elegance and beauty of marble. Earlier the high price | | | | evidence to prove the spread of marble sculpture |
| of marble could be afforded only by the riches. So, the | | | | during the Renaissance. Though a large number of |
| palaces, churches and historical buildings only had | | | | Roman sculptures and marble works were found in |
| marble works. Thus marble was a stone that was not | | | | white, yet the Romans also preferred to use colored |
| found in the house of commoners. | | | | materials for sculpture. In was in first century BC, |
| Roman coliseum has been an excellent piece of | | | | people in Rome started to use marble in an extensive |
| marble architecture that was built centuries ago. In fact | | | | manner. Most of the Roman buildings were made up |
| almost every major civilization has used natural stone | | | | of marble during the period of Emperor Augustus. |
| in the architecture that they have created. Egyptians | | | | Several architectural pieces of Rome used marble for |
| have used them for the construction of pyramids. | | | | the decoration. They showed the importance of |
| Marble in the form of slabs were first used by the | | | | marble in the field of architecture. |
| Romans. They used it for wall applications. Romans | | | | Interiors of some of the Roman churches had |
| could use this natural stones in the walls as they had | | | | excellent marble and mosaic architecture. Most of |
| invented cement that could hold marble tiles in proper | | | | these churches dated during the period of 12th century |
| place. History tells that Romans were excellent | | | | to 14th century. The Cosmati marble works, for ages |
| architects and builders. They had redone the entire city | | | | have been considered as a wonderful marble |
| with marble and made it world’s most beautiful city. | | | | architecture. They were used for the decoration of |
| Most of the marble sculptures in Rome were made | | | | several building. Pavements at the time of Roman |
| from white marble. It added to the elegance and dignity | | | | empires also had some marvelous designs made with |
| of the pieces. Sculpture artists have always preferred | | | | marble. |
| to use marble for their works as it was easy for them | | | | Marble also has a significant role in the architectures of |
| to show all the fine edges on marble. A hard stone, | | | | other countries. Some of the Indian monuments also |
| marble can get life if an artist knows how to do the | | | | show the importance of marble in the architecture of |
| sculpture works. White marble was not only used by | | | | the country. Natural stone marble has not lost its |
| the Romans. The popularity of the white marbles was | | | | importance architectures of present days. These days |
| also seen during the time of Renaissance. It has been | | | | too marble is used in all parts of the world for creating |
| preferred as a material for carving. | | | | unique architectural pieces. |