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Itmad-Ud-Daulah's Tomb in Agra, India: Thanks to the meticulous and extensive use of pietra dura, the monument is often nicknamed as the “Jewel Box”. ...
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Opificio delle pietre dure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pietra dura - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Questions about pietra dura
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The Taj Mahal houses exquisite examples of pietra dura decoration, commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. ... Pietra dura is an Italian phrase that means "hard stone," and usually refers to the technique of creating intricate inlaid pictures from shaped colored stones. The stones used are usually silicates,
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pietra dura on Taj Mahal facade ... crafting pietra dura ... pietra dura flower on Taj mahal...
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1). Pietra dura was also produced in the Real Laboratorio delle Pietre Dure in Naples, the Laboratorio de Piedras y Mosaico at Buen Retiro and by Italian craftsmen elsewhere in Europe (e.g. the Miseroni family in Prague)
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The crypt and the cenotaphs at the Taj carry pietra dura decoration of a fabulous unexcelled elegance. As Percy Brown, the noted art historian observes, the Taj "resembles the spirited sweep of a brush rather than the slow laborious cutting of a chisel".
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