Renaissance
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Read more: Rocks behind the Renaissance: CarraraStanding at the edge of the Carrara quarry, the first thing that hit me was just how massive it was. No photo really prepares you…
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Read more: Logan Mierzwicki: Carrara minesThe mines in Carrara, like any other mine in the world, are occupational hazards, even with advancements in technology, the miners still have to contend…
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Read more: Marble MadnessToday was the day trip to the Carrara marble open air quarry and mine. We drove by bus to the town of Carrara, and then…
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Read more: The Scale of the Carraraby Caiden Martos, Mechanical Engineering, Summer 2026, Florence Visiting the Carrara mines today, I was surprised just how much “stuff” there is for us to…
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Read more: Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, Off to the Mine We Go!After a two hour drive from Florence, we arrived in Carrara, Italy. Arriving here, it struck me how large the mines were. There are around…
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Read more: First Impressions of Carrara
After our museum tour about the history of workers in the quarry, we went up to go walk around closer to one of the many…
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Read more: Marble for MichelangeloWritten by Joey George A two-lane turnpike-esque highway transitions to single lane windy roads, akin to the swirls of the paintbrush found in a da…
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Read more: I, in fact, do not yearn for the minesLooking out the window as we approached the vast mountains towering over us, the quarries looked like small patches of snow. As we traveled up…
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Read more: A Humbling ExperienceThe egg tempera painting gave us a look into just how much work goes into the thousands of paintings all across the city. It really…
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Read more: The Art in EngineeringLearning about the many famous renaissance figures who were both creative artists and engineers showed the possible balance between the two seemingly different careers. Integrating…
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