This may seem like a nice landscape picture, but it has some connection to art and architecture. What at first seems like it might be snow is in fact marble. These are the quarries of Carrara, the most famous marble quarries in the world. Look closely and you’ll be able to see them. From here the stone for Michelangelo’s masterpieces came, as did the material for Bernini’s stunning sculptures and many other works of art from ancient Roman times to the present. Of course, today kitchen counter tops are also made from the beautiful stone. Michelangelo might have been angered that such fine material was used for such a purpose.