While There’s Still Time

His connection is more than an appreciation, however. He’s been involved in restoration efforts – he’s now helping to create the American Friends of Italian Monujmental Sculpture, a non-profit group, to work with the city of Genoa – and, in the past year, found a way to share some of the wonders of the site.

It may be a bit late to put Staglieno: The Art of the Marble Carver on the Christmas list, but anyone with an appreciation of worked stone will appreciate Arnold’s look at the cemetery’s magnificent sculptures. It’s also more than a tourbook; Arnold explains the process and the culture behind the carvings, and focuses on detail often missed by the casual eye.

Arnold’s book is available on his website. It’s a way that you can join him in remembering a heritage in stone that we all share.

Emerson Schwartzkopf can be reached at emerson@stonebusiness.net. You can read his blog here at Stone Business Online. And don’t forget to keep up with Stone Business on Twitter and Facebook.

This article appeared in the December 2010 print edition of Stone Business Magazine. ©2010 Western Business Media Inc.

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