Dezeen promotion: after investigating the history and properties of alabaster stone, Barcelona-based Amarist Studio has created a set of designs that treat the material like a "moldable plastic ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — It’s often easier to appreciate the imagery in a great work of art than to understand exactly how it was made, and how an artist’s use of any specific material affected the creative ...

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. Herod the Great was ...

Its sand-colored concrete walls loom over Temple Street like an urban butte, and tons of marble, bronze and limestone gleam within. Yet, in the end, there’s no earthly element in the new Cathedral of ...

LUXOR, Egypt, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Amidst the ancient temples and tombs in Egypt's Luxor, skilled artisans continue to transform alabaster -- a luminous stone once cherished by pharaohs -- into ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Alabaster is a fine-grained form of gypsum (anhydrite calcium sulfate). It is a soft stone typically white or pink, ...