Image: "Depiction of the Quarry of Luni, rich with noble and diverse marble, today called the Carrara Mountains", from Jan Jannson, Illustriorum Italiae urbium tabulae, cum appendice celebriorum in Maris Mediterranei insulibus civitatum, 1657. Bi

Image: "Depiction of the Quarry of Luni, rich with noble and diverse marble, today called the Carrara Mountains", from Jan Jannson, Illustriorum Italiae urbium tabulae, cum appendice celebriorum in Maris Mediterranei insulibus civitatum, 1657. Biblioteca nazionale Marciana - Venezia - IT-VE0049 via Internet Culturale.

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Research questions

How was the rock of mountainside and cavern transformed into dimension stone? How much agency was afforded to quarrymen in the fashioning of stone elements and how were standards maintained? To what extent did quarrying communities control the products of their labour? Were the achievements and reputations of building professionals linked to the quarrying industry? To what extent did the success of quarrying industries impact on the appearance of towns and cities throughout Britain and Ireland? In what ways are the properties of stone reflected in the ultimate appearance of eighteenth-century buildings?

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