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Ada Louise Huxtable ridiculed a building with a facade of this material as "the Lollipop." A type of this material named for a peacock was paired with a golden variety for inlaid opus sectile artworks. Scagliola imitates this material, which was commonly clad as veneers on bricks. Historical sources for this building material include Pentelicon (20[1]0[1])and (0[1])(*) Carrara. (10[10])Henry (10[3])Bacon (10[4])designed a building (10[1])made of this material which contains a monumental statue with an open hand and (10[1])closed fist by Daniel (0[1])Chester French. (10[2])One building (10[1])of this (10[1])material (10[1])is decorated (10[2])with ninety-two (10[1])metopes (10[2])carved in high relief (10[1])and depicting the Gigantomachy. (10[1])For 10 points, name this material used to build the Parthenon. ■END■ (10[4])

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