Handling Session: Marble Carving

GETTY VILLA

Reading Room



How were blocks of rough stone carved into sensuous sculptures? Find out in this multisensory handling session! Touch tools and materials used by ancient sculptors, including chisels, points, and rasps. Discover also how marble sculptures were once painted in brilliant colors. This is a free, drop-in program.

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