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An image of the marble sculpture "Volante," by Richard Erdman is presented.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for creating a marble-look coffee table.

The article offers information on auction house Skinner Inc.'s "European Furniture & Decorative Arts" sale wherein marble figures of Greek boxers Creugas and Damoxenos sold for 92, 250 dollar.

An image is presented of an untitled marble sculpture by the artist Santiago Calatrava.

An image of the work "Reclining Interior Oval" by British sculptor Henry Moore is presented.

An image of the marble sculpture "Idealized Head," by Elie Nadelman is presented.

An image of a marble Cycladic Head from Late Spedos is presented.

An image of a marble figure of a Buddhist Disciple from the Tang Dynasty in China is presented.

The article reports that Minnesota artist Eric Waller has created the eight-foot-nine-inch-long, white marble carving of Paul Bunyan, a mythical lumberjack figure, titled "Him and His Pancakes," displayed in the entry corridor of the park office at Cross Lake Recreation Area.

An image of the marble sculpture "Hippomenes," by Guillaume Coustou the Elder is presented.

An image of the 2010 marble sculpture "Horse," by Fernando Botero, is presented.

An image of the marble sculpture "Emotions of the skin," by Pablo Atchugarry is presented.

An image of the sculpture "Travel through the light" by Pablo Atchugarry is presented.

An image of the 2011 marble sculpture "Dreaming New York," by Pablo Atchugarry, is presented.

The article features Yutaka Sone's hand-carved marble sculpture entitled "Little Manhattan" which details the city with a 2007 skyline where the bottom is carved like a white feminine dress with its poetic elegance and is on view at New York's David Zwirner gallery as part of his show, "Island."

An image of a painted marble sculpture of the Buddhist figure of Bodhisattva from the Chinese Northern Qi dynasty is presented.

The article provides information on the marble bust of Margaret Fuller, created by sculptor Joseph Mozier when she visited him in Florence, Italy in 1847.

The article offers information about the subject of the Clip & Save Art Print section for the month of September 2010, the portrait bust of Emperor Constantine I, leader of the Roman Empire from 325 to 337. It is mentioned that the colossal marble bust depicting the emperor was part of a larger sculpture known as an acrolith, in which he was depicted seated upon a throne. His head was eight feet high while the seated figure was 40 feet. It adds that the colossus is a continuing tradition to honor important individuals.

The article features Torre dell'Elefante, a preserved portion of the Pisan fortifications located in Saedegna, Italy which was named after an elephant's marble sculpture and measures around 35 metres tall.

This article reports that auction house Sotheby's New York has sold the marble sculpture "Three Satyrs Fighting a Serpent" at 3.4 million U.S. dollars in June 2010.

The article presents information about the Après la Tempête sculpture which is part of the "Top Treasures" list in this issue of "Art & Antiques." The white-marble sculpture, made by French actress Sarah Bernhardt, was acquired by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.

This article features the 1859 white marble sculpture "Zenobia in Chains" created by Harriet Hosmer. The sculpture is included in the 2008 edition of the Top Treasures list of the magazine "Art & Antiques." The art work has been acquired by the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, in 2008.

The article presents the views of several interior designers on the artworks they would like to acquire. Carl D'Aquino of D'Aquino Monaco says he would like to have an early Sol LeWitt mural. Laurie Beckerman of Laurie Beckerman Design prefers to have the marble sculpture "Sun at Noon" by Isamu Noguchi.

The article focuses on a lawsuit involving the repatriation of Greek marble sculptures from the British Museum by the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (BCRPM). The BCRPM has hired the lawyer George Bizos, who is most known for representing the president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela. It is intended that Bizos will aid in the discussions between the British Museum and the Greek government about the marbles.

The article reports on the decision of the Greek government to continue on claiming the Parthenon Marbles sculptures from the British Museum for the new Acropolis Museum in Athens. The new museum is also being built to house antiquities from the Parthenon according to Greek culture minister Giorgos Voulgarakis. It states that the moving of the sculptures will cost approximately €2.5 million.

The article focuses on the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece to be inaugurated in summer 2007. The white marble sculpture is among a group of treasures that archaeologists discovered while preparing the ancient site for the $183 million museum. The main attraction of the museum will be the fifth-century B.C. marbles taken from the Parthenon. Museum visitors can see the contents against the backdrop of the ancient temples from which the objects came.

Presents the marble sculpture "Waiting," by Susan Van Geest.

The article presents a photograph of a marble sculpture depicting Jonah being cast out from the belly of the beast and the possible story and mythology behind its creation.

The article focuses on the table with an ovoid opening in its center designed by Isamu Noguchi for Herman Miller. The table was made from selected marble slabs for a unique tabletop and as a functional sculpture. Richard Wright, head of the auction house in Chicago, Illinois, indicates the table points to Noguchi's belief having the same level of furniture as his sculpture.

This article presents information on the National Gallery of Art's new exhibit, Monumental Sculpture From Renaissance Florence. The small, spare show celebrates the restoration of three revolutionary sculptures created by Nanni di Banco, Lorenzo Ghiberti, and Andrea del Verrocchio during the 1400s for the exterior of the merchant church and granary known as the Orsanmichele. The preservation of the artworks, on loan from the Orsanmichele Museum, was undertaken under the supervision of Italy's premier conservation workshop, the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence. However, the exhibit downplays the bond between art and architecture by presenting the bronze and marble sculptures as solitary fragments set within bland niches.

The article reports on the addition of the sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant in Trafalgar Square in London, England. The marble sculpture is of an armless and eight months pregnant woman. It resembles 40-year-old British artist and photographer Alison Lapper. According to Marc Quinn, creator of Alison Lapper Pregnant, disabled people do not get their due recognition in art.

The article reports that on May 4, artist Constantin Brancusi's abstract marble sculpture "Bird in Space" went to an anonymous bidder for $27,456,000, earning the artist a world record for a sculpture at auction. The sculpture was lost for many years and finally found in a bank vault in the original crate. The previous world-record price for a sculpture at auction also went to a Brancusi.

The article presents information about a car sculpture at the Ringling Museum of Sarasota, Florida. To contemplate this bronze car in the courtyard of the Ringling Museum is to marvel at the expertise of the first-century Roman carver of the marble sculpture from which the metal cast was made. One should check out the wheel spokes on this roadster. The frame of the triumphal car is elaborately carved with acanthus scrolls and laurel leaves and finished with a handsome patina. Sitting outside at the museum, surrounded by the glorious colonnade of the building with fountains trickling water fore and aft, this vehicle is ready to speed across the garden.

Reports the disappearance of the Parthenon marble sculpture from the British Museum in London, England. Physical description of the marble sculpture; Demand of the Greek government to explain the theft of the sculpture; Value of the marble sculpture.

Focuses on the marble statue of former British primer minister, Margaret Thatcher. Issue of where to place her statue; Reason for commissioning the statue, according to Labour Member of the Parliament, Tony Banks; Issue of commissioning a statue of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

This section offers news briefs concerning indigenous peoples. Three Native artists including Clara Charlie were given $2,500 grants by the Alliance for California Traditional Arts. The Juno Award in the Best Music of Aboriginal Canada category was won by Florent Vollant. A marble sculpture by Mark Suazo-Hinds will be exhibited at the Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico.

Focuses on the Marble Institute of Colorado's marble sculpture symposium. History of the town of Marble and its marble sculpture tradition; Symposium participants; Properties of marble.

Focuses on the damages to the statue honoring British orator William Pitt, Earl of Chatham from 1708 to 1788. Description of the marble figure; Sculptor of the statue; Details on the damages suffered by the statue during its relocation to different places in South Carolina.

Focuses on the debate over the inclusion of the `Young Archer' sculpture in New York City, in the exhibition `Michelangelo's Youth,' at the Palazzo Vecchio and the Casa Buonarotti. Controversy over scholar Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt's identification of the marble statue as a work of Michelangelo's youth; Reaction of prominent Michelangelo scholars to Brandt's claim.