The Terracotta Warriors are a set of over 7000 figures of warriors and horses in real size, which were buried near the self-proclaimed first emperor of China's Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang in 210-209 a. C. They were discovered during construction work for water supply, in March 1974.
The reason I have chosen these sculptures ... beside the characteristics at first sight ... as the large of this work and the amazing detail of each sculpture ... is the history behind it...
Burying these statues was believed that the Emperor would still have troops under his command...The Terracotta Army was buried in battle formation on three pits... one mile east of the tomb of Emperor ... Each of these figures has different features and characteristics: mustaches, hair, young, old, ethnic traits different... Heads and hands are molded separately and then added to the bodies... Uniforms also reflect the military ranks to which they belong... Each soldier carried a weapon: bows, spears, swords, etc...
The mystery of the manufacture of terracotta warriors and horses was made in 1989 ... with the discovery of 21 large kilns ... Ceramics was introduced into molds ... and before being placed in the oven ... were recorded 5 sense organs and cooked after they painted white ...
So as you can see ...it required a lot of hard work ... and a beautiful intelligence and sense of detail... As an architect's point of view... i admire the order and search of perfection on this amasing peace of art...
There is a Hong Konger movie (called "Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior") about a forbidden love between a court lady and a soldier of the Qin Dynasty. When their relationship is exposed, the soldier is sentenced to death by being encased alive in clay as a terracotta warrior. And they reincarnate in the 1930s.
ResponderEliminarHere is the trailer if you're interested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyVIkGnL3oc
This type of art expression amazed me because, it's incredible the way people beliefs take form. Maybe it's like religion, the world is full of an imaginery that comes from a big thinking of faith.
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