To produce a column, many things must happen firstly, the marble needs to have been created first. Marble is a physical solid state material produced by a series of chemical reactions, that came about from certain conditions.
Once the marble is formed it must be mined. Then it must be cut into the right shapes. Decisions about what kind of column it is and where it will be situated in the grander structure must be made.
Under the assumption that the column is an etruscan column, a fine artist would be required to create the ornate carvings at either end of the column. Whilst a less fine carver would flute the other pieces that make up the column.
A column is made with segments that all have a hollow tube in the centre. When it is time to stack the segments to make the column, a pole is placed where the column will stand in the final structure. The segments are stacked, and there stands a singular column.
Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of this process is the sheer number of people involved in bringing this all together.
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I want to look into how marble comes about naturally at a chemical and geological level. I'm gonna spend some time collecting links to relevant things. For instance, I'm looking at marble formation now.
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