[DOC] [TLE] The drawing power of Pietrasanta's quarries - Financial Times [PAR] Aug 14, 2009 ... The maestro was staying in Pietrasanta on the orders of Pope Leo X, in the ... In 
those days, Pietrasanta's mountains were impossible to reach, so Carrara, 18km 
to the ... In the end, Michelangelo built a road up to the mountain, which he ... 
marble that must be trimmed off before it can go to the final phase. [DOC] [TLE] Marble & History - campo-altissimo.com [PAR] This material is known all over the world as Carrara marble. ... empire of the 
Medici princes and popes, patrons of luminary Michelangelo Buonarroti. ... 
marble was already quarried in times before Christ was born - Michelangelo was 
sent ... snatch from the mountain the Statuario marble which is to this day in great 
demand. [DOC] [TLE] Sculpting in Tuscany - A Guide - Sculpture.org [PAR] During three days in Carrara and four in Pietrasanta, I visited ten studios ... roads 
towards the mountains took us to some of the marble quarries (Cavi di ... On 
Pope Leo X's orders, Michelangelo spent three years in the area, .... Before you 
go ... in a resistant material: plaster, cement, or fiberglass, or even a small bronze. [DOC] [TLE] Painting - Michelangelo, Florence, Figures, Rome, Pope, and Julius [PAR] Michelangelo had not been long in Rome before Pope Julius devised fit ... at the 
quarries of Carrara, superintending the excavation and shipment of the 
necessary .... For the supply of materials for the facade of San Lorenzo he had set 
a firm of ... to bid him resort instead to certain new quarries at Pietrasanta, near 
Serravalle... [DOC] [TLE] Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni - Arte Divine [PAR] In Florence: The David; Tomb of Pope Julius II & the Sistine Chapel ... 
Michelangelo stayed in Settignano until he was about ten years old, returning ..... 
While in Carrara Michelangelo saw for the first time the marble quarries that 
were to .... work of a sculptor, not only because of the draping of the material on 
the holy family... [DOC] [TLE] The Sculptor Is the Least of Artists | The Best Artists [PAR] Jan 24, 2010 ... Michelangelo was both a painter and a sculptor. ... The sculptor uses up his vital 
energy in the struggle with his material. ... years of his life in the quarries of 
Carrara and Pietrasanta looking for ... He worked until he surrendered late at 
night. .... But that counts for nothing in an art world that demands a huge... [DOC] [TLE] Carrara Marble Quarries : Image of the Day - NASA Earth Observatory [PAR] Sep 17, 2006 ... In 1501, a 26-year-old Michelangelo inherited a block of marble that ... own 
quarry in Pietrasanta, Michelangelo most favored Carrara marble. [DOC] [TLE] The Project Gutenberg EBook of Michael Angelo Buonarroti by ... [PAR] It seemed a thousand years to Michael Angelo before the Magnificent went ..... 
the walls of bad materials, which, notwithstanding their greatness and width, are 
not ..... The Pope wrote to Michael Angelo and commanded him to go to 
Pietrasanta ... to return to Carrara afterwards even for marble that he had already 
quarried,... [DOC] [TLE] The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo [PAR] But he knew better than to return to the Pope and ask for a million ducats to .... 
For a year Granacci had been providing him drawing materials and ... This is the 
best moment of the day for Ghirlandaio, before he begins his ... demanded 
Ghirlandaio. ...... But they failed to turn up the Carrara block for which 
Michelangelo was... [DOC] [TLE] Michelangelo - NNDB.com [PAR] Michelangelo had not been long in Rome before Pope Julius devised fit ... at the 
quarries of Carrara, superintending the excavation and shipment of the ..... For 
the supply of materials for the faade of San Lorenzo he had set a firm of ... 
instead to certain new quarries at Pietrasanta, near Serravalle in the territory of 
Florence. [DOC] [TLE] Carrara Marble Quarry - Villa Roma Imperiale - Forte dei Marmi [PAR] Carrara marble quarries. IN MICHELANGELO'S FOOTSTEPS ... business is 
marble, and its quintessential "factory"

Question: Until the Pope demanded Pietrasanta, Michelangelo quarried this material from Carrara
Answer: Marble