{"id":11684,"date":"2016-03-18T13:10:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T12:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musapietrasanta.it\/en\/?page_id=11684"},"modified":"2017-06-09T19:04:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T17:04:06","slug":"companies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/musapietrasanta.it\/en\/virtual-collections\/companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1455290385876{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][mk_dropcaps style=”fancy-style” size=”48″ padding=”8″ background_color=”#ffffff” text_color=”#b30101″]T[\/mk_dropcaps][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”false”]echnology, tradition, craftsmanship identity and Made in Italy.\u00a0<\/strong>From ateliers, workshops and laboratories to true enterprises, often family run businesses, where tradition and know-how are handed down from one generation to another.\u00a0Marble manufacturing started to be practiced in ancient times in Pietrasanta and still plays a key role in the city\u2019s economic and social fabric. The works of art that embellish government buildings, churches, museums and public parks come to life in Versilia\u2019s characteristic laboratories. The workshops are a very frequent destination of visitors from across the globe. Here, ancient trades such as stone cutting, carving and roughing out, are handed down. Over the centuries, other workmanship of great artistic value has flourished such as bronze casting, mosaic work, inlaying, fine art printing, iron work, pottery and goldsmith\u2019s craft. Great artists may be seen alongside craftsmen, and reproductions of works that have written the history of art stand beside the highly advanced proposals of contemporary art: the culture of marble, which is an integral part of this land, bears witness to the continuity between past and present.<\/p>\n

A high degree of professional skill distinguishes the work of Pietrasanta\u2019s artistic foundries. Many sculptors work comfortably in marble and bronze to express their vision, and some use bronze almost exclusively. It is not a surprise, therefore, that the greatest number of high-quality art foundries are located in Versilia, especially in Pietrasanta.\u00a0Pietrasanta, a workshop of beauty.[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][mk_divider style=”thin_solid” margin_top=”0″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]