The origin of coral is explained by several legends, the most likely of which is Ovidio’s, the famous Roman poet, one. Ovidio claimed the red coral came from the blood of a female monster, named Medusa, a Gorgon, when Perseus beheaded her. In Greek...
A cameo is a kind of jewel obtained through the incision of a shell or a layered stone. The art of carving a cameo, also called glyptics, is to represent mythological scenes or deities on a stone, a shell or on other suitable material. The incision...
Qui su l’arida schiena del formidabil monte sterminator Vesevo”, in un meraviglioso meriggio primaverile, ho incontrato Michele Scala , colui che viene riconosciuto universalmente quale ultimo dei “grandi della gliptica” d’ispirazione classico...
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