Michelangelo's Mountain : The Quest for Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara Ernest Benn beautifully told

beautifully told

Life will never be the same

" - BT (Grammy Nominated Composer and Technologist)  "This is me

Jack must do everything in his power to get Ember back where she belongs before both the earthly and unearthly worlds descend into chaos

Written by Eco as articles for his regular column in l’Espresso magazine

Michelangelo's Mountain : The Quest for Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara Ernest Benn beautifully toldNo artist looms so large in Western consciousness and culture as Michelangelo Buonarroti, the most celebrated sculptor of all time. And no place on earth provides a stone so capable of simulating the warmth and vitality of human flesh and incarnating the genius of a Michelangelo as the statuario of Carrara, the storied marble mecca at Tuscany's northwest corner. It was there, where shadowy Etruscans and Roman slaves once toiled, that Michelangelo