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Terra Cotta
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Terra Cotta
Terra Cotta Army:
- Sculptures resembling the armies of Qin Shi Huang(1st emperor of China)
- Sculputres date back to 3rd century BC
- Tallest sculptures= the army generals
- The higher the rank of a person the taller the sculputure was built
- Terra Cotta of warriors, chariots, and horses
- Also found in the pits (that were not a part of the army) were officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians
Terra Cotta Pit No.1
- discovered by local villagers in March 1974 who were drilling for wells on a piece of land.
- They found pieces of terracotta warriors and many bronze weapons.
- rectangular pit
- measuring 252 yards long, 68 yards wide and 16 feet deep
- Over 6,000 Terra Cotta warriors and horses
They are posed looking ready for war.
- "L" shaped
- Covers an area of 7,176 square yards
- 136 yds. long x 107 yds. wide and 16 feet deep
- over 80 war chariots, about 1,300 terra cotta warriors and horses, and thousands of bronze weapons
- area of 622 square yards
- 19.2 yards long , 23.4 yards wide and 15.7 feet deep.
- it is the command center or headquarters for all the groups in the other two pits
- 68 terracotta warriors, four horses and one chariot
- do not have heads--it is believed that robbers broke in and vandelized them
Terra Cotta: a form of funerary art buried
and whose purpose was to protect people in the afterlife.
Follow this URL to watch a video about Terra Cotta!
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=246166
Terra Cotta Pit #2
Terra Cotta Pit #3
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