Terracotta warriors : guardians of immortality / Wayne Crothers, Professor Tonia Eckfeld, Zhang Weixing
- Bib ID:
- 7864968
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Crothers, Wayne, author
- Description:
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- Melbourne, VIC : National Gallery of Victoria, 2019
- ©2019
- xxi, 209 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781925432633 (hardback)
- Summary:
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This publication will present rare and important artefacts encompassing developments in Ancient Chinese cultural and social life from the Zhou dynasty, through the unification of China by the Qin emperor, to the Han dynasties. At its heart will be the display of the eternally fascinating and infamous terracotta warriors and horses from Emperor Qin Shihuang's mausoleum located near Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.
"Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality" is a large-scale presentation of the Qin Emperor’s terracotta warriors, which, discovered in 1974 in China’s Shaanxi province, are regarded as one of the greatest archaeological finds of the twentieth century and widely described as the eighth wonder of the world. This presentation features more than 150 exquisite treasures of historic Chinese art and design. From the Qin dynasty (221 – 207 BCE), the exhibition presents eight terracotta warriors alongside two full-sized horses and two replica bronze chariots. Objects lent by leading museums and archaeological sites from across the Shaanxi province include priceless gold, jade and bronze artefacts dating from the Zhou dynasty (1050 – 256 BCE) through to the Han dynasty (207 BCE – 220 CE
- Notes:
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- Parallel text in English and Chinese.
- NLApp81006
- Subject:
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- Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 259 B.C.-210 B.C
- Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 259 B.C.-210 B.C -- Tomb
- Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese -- Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D -- Exhibitions
- Sculpture, Chinese -- Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D -- Exhibitions
- Fine arts: art forms
- History
- China -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions
- Australian
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- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 2019
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