Dura Art Stone

Durum.(two poems)(Poem)
The American Poetry Review; 7/1/2009; 740 words; ...As in enduring. As in durable. As in dura mater. Durum kernels are dense, amber...sometimes it is an odor, the faint smell of stone stirring in the wheat. The smell of lime...air is lacerated passing over it. Bleeds art and thistle. Thought and iron. JOHN OLSON...

Uncover some bad covers
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 4/12/2009; 434 words; ...store" was checking out the art. Today, the small size of CDs takes away from the art's impact (and let's not...McKeithens' album: "The lost art of using an Olan Mills family...and Nash; and the Rolling Stones. Give these a look, and maybe...

Letting rip; The baroque.(Baroque: Style in the Age of Magnificence exhibit)
The Economist (US); 4/11/2009; 1107 words; ...international style. Between 1620 and 1800, art and music, architecture and theatre were...which combines gold, enamel and precious stones, is from the Green Vault treasury in...carved wooden sledge and a large pietra dura cabinet from the Gobelins workshops...Among the reliquaries on display is a ...

Carlton Hobbs Presents 'ON TOPS'.
Telecommunications Weekly; 3/25/2009; 880 words; ...fossilized wood, pietra dura, Roman mosaic and porcelain...bases and were works of art in their own right, some...using semi-precious stone began in 16th century...Albert Museum. A pietra dura piece to be exhibited...looks like radical modern art," Hobbs explained...Virginia Museum of Fine ...

Market review: sales at London's art fairs were steady if not stratospheric, but October's auction-house results reflected fears of recession.(THE ART MARKET)
Apollo; 12/1/2008; 1324 words; ...the crisis to affect the art market? The collapse...expensive but hot works of art, such as the recent spray...take on antique pietra dura furniture comprised rough...inlaid with semi-precious stones, priced from 15,000...London's contemporary art auctions the following...