Bookends Horses Sculpture in Italian Polychrome Marble H 22cm

Bookends Horses Sculpture in Italian Polychrome Marble. Height 22cm, base 11x6cm.

“… he is pure air and fire; and the lifeless elements of earth and water are never present in him, only his patient stillness while his rider mounts him; he is actually a horse, all other nags you can call beasts.”

William Shakespeare

HORSE, a proud and tame animal, has been a faithful companion in man’s life since ancient times. A witness to great events, depicted alone or with its rider in the saddle, it is a recurring subject in the history of art, which has always identified it as an animal symbolizing strength and pride.

THE MATERIAL.

White Carrara marble is the quintessential Italian natural stone known and appreciated all over the world. All the great sculptors have measured themselves with this material which in the clearest variety is not by chance called Statuary. It is the marble of the great Italian Renaissance, which delivered to the immotality of History the magnificence of cities like Florence and works like Michelangelo’s David, considered the most perfect masterpiece of all time.

The calcite crystals that form this type of marble do not reflect light, but instead allow it to penetrate the material, which appears almost illuminated from within. This particular quality causes white Carrara marble to be so highly valued in the arts and construction industry because of its aesthetic refinement.

Due to its fine appearance, white Carrara marble is widely used for the construction of luxury architectural elements: not only pillars, claddings, columns and floors, but also cornices, plinths and capitals. Such rock is also often used to make fountains, fireplaces, statues, decorative objects of all kinds, even tombstones, stelae and altars.