Magnet in real raw Italian marble: The Creation by Michelangelo  The Creation of Adam is the most famous episode of the cycle of frescoes on the vault of the Sistine Chapel, one of the most celebrated images of universal art. Michelangelo executed the work together with other episodes from the Bible on commission from Pope Julius II. Iconic is the detail of the...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: "... and yet it moves!" Phrase attributed to Galileo who was subjected to the inquisition for six years and tortured for having said that the earth moved. When he was freed, he looked up to the sky and down towards the earth and stamping his foot, with a contemplative soul said: "And yet it moves"; that is, nevertheless it moves, meaning...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Sticazzi   Expression showing disinterest or amazement  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the best-known Latin phrases of ancient Rome from Julius Caesar to Catullus, from Seneca to Gaius Titus - the phrases of great poets,...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Verba volant, scripta manent (Spoken words fly away, written words remain)  Ancient proverb, attributed to Gaius Titus, which states the need to have one's rights documented in writing, the importance of testimonies and written documents  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Quant'è bella giovinezza ... (How beautiful youth is...)  Phrase taken from the "Song of Bacchus" by Lorenzo de' Medici known as the Magnificent  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the best-known Latin phrases of ancient Rome from Julius...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Mens sana in corpore sano (A healthy mind in a healthy body)  Very well-known sentence, taken from a verse by Juvenal: "Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano" (we must ask the gods that the mind be healthy in the healthy body)  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Errare humanum est (To err is human) The Latin phrase is a philosophical axiom with which we try to mitigate a fault, an error, a moral fall, but he warns that insisting is diabolical  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the...

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)  William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet, considered the most important English writer and generally considered the most eminent playwright of Western culture  Weight 14.1 oz. and Height 6.7 in. with marble base 

Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793)  Faithful reproduction of the bust: Carlo Goldoni    These statues are made of marble dust and resin agglomerate, built by skilled Tuscan artisans. Weight 14.1 oz. and Height 6.0 in. with alabaster base

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)  Faithful reproduction of the bust hand painted   These statues are made of marble dust and resin agglomerate, built by skilled Tuscan artisans. Weight 12.34 oz. and Height 5.90 in.

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)  Faithful reproduction of the bust hand painted  These statues are made of marble dust and resin agglomerate, built by skilled Tuscan artisans.  Weight 12.34 oz. and Height 5.90 in.  Being a hand-painted product, there may be differences from the model in the photo

Faithful reproduction of the bust: Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła)  Pope John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyła in 1920 in Poland, served as pontiff from 1978 to 2005. Remembered for his tireless work for dialogue and peace, he has been venerated as a saint since 2014  An elegant bust of Pope John Paul II, finely crafted in Italy from alabaster powder and resin,...

Filippo Lippi's Madonna  Filippo Lippi's "Madonna with Child and Angels", painted around 1465, is a masterpiece of the Florentine Renaissance After the mid-1900s, the sculptor Giannelli dedicated one of his sculptures to the famous Madonna by Filippino Lippi, reproducing her features. This exquisitely crafted bust is reproduced with alabaster dust and...

Carrara marble tile with base: Carpe diem (Seize the day)  Words with which Horace urges us to know how to enjoy the goods that life offers us day by day Available in two sizes  Tile in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks Tile measurements: - cm 10x20 with base cm 7x3.5 - cm 15x30 with...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Panta rei (Everything flows)    Proposition with which the Heracliteans express the eternal becoming of reality, comparing the latter to a river that only apparently remains one and identical, but which in fact continually renews and transforms, so that it is not possible to dive into it more than once , because the second time is not...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Odi et amo (I hate and I love)   The oxymoron odi et amo (I hate and I love) represents the maximum expression of Catullus' internal conflict and amorous torment: on the one hand his love for Lesbia and on the other hand his hatred for her betrayals  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks ...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Fontana di Trevi (the Trevi fountain)  The Trevi Fountain is the largest and most scenic of the most important fountains in Rome. Having become one of the undisputed symbols of the city, the fountain constitutes the exhibition of the Acqua Vergine  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks ...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Do ut des (I give to you so that you give to me) The phrase is used when referring to favors done in the expectation of receiving appropriate reciprocity  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the best-known Latin phrases of ancient Rome...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Daje  Daje is very simply the Roman version of come on! and can be used in any context: to incite, to encourage, to tease, to admonish, to express joy, to confirm, etc., etc.  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the best-known Latin...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Pecunia non olet (Money does not stink)  This phrase attributed to Vespasian is used to indicate that, whatever its origin, "money is always money", in the sense that the means does not determine the intention  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the...

Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was an Italian chemist and physicist, inventor of the first electric generator ever made, the pile, and discoverer of methane gas  These statues are made of marble dust and resin agglomerate, built by skilled Tuscan artisans  Weight 14.1 oz. and Height 6.7 in....

Sophocles (496 a.C. - 406 a.C.)  Sophocles, son of Sophilus of the deme of Colonus Hippio (Colonus, 496 BC - Athens, 406 BC), was an ancient Greek playwright  He is considered, together with Aeschylus and Euripides, one of the greatest tragic poets of ancient Greece  Weight 14.1 oz. and Height 6.7 in. with marble base 

Lorenzo de Medici the Magnificent (1449-1492)  Faithful reproduction of the bust hand painted   These statues are made of marble dust and resin agglomerate, built by skilled Tuscan artisans. Weight 12.34 oz. and Height 5.90 in. Being a hand-painted product, there may be differences from the model in the photo

Cosimo de Medici (1389-1464)     Faithful reproduction of the bust hand painted   These statues are made of marble dust and resin agglomerate, built by skilled Tuscan artisans. Weight 12.34 oz. and Height 5.90 in.