terracotta

Examples of terracotta in the following topics:

• Sculpture of the Qin Dynasty

  • The Qin Dynasty is perhaps best known for the impressive Terracotta Army built to protect Qin Shihuang in the afterlife.
  • The Terracotta Army was inconspicuous due to its underground location and was not discovered until 1974.
  • Other terracotta non-military figures were found in other pits, including officials, acrobats, strongmen and musicians.
  • The terracotta army figures were manufactured in workshops by government laborers and local craftsmen using local materials.
  • The Terracotta Army consists of more than 7,000 life-size tomb terracotta figures of warriors and horses, buried with the first Emperor of Qin in 210 BCE.

• Ile-Ife

  • Ilé-Ifè, an ancient Yoruba city in Nigeria, is known worldwide for its naturalistic bronze, stone and terracotta sculptures.
  • Ilé-Ifè is known worldwide for its ancient and naturalistic bronze, stone and terracotta sculptures, which reached their artistic peak between 1200 and 1400 A.D.
  • Bronze and terracotta art are significant examples of realism in pre-colonial African art.
  • Prince referred to the terracotta artists of 900 A.D. as the founders of art guilds.
  • Explain the significance of the the bronze, stone, and terracotta sculptures of Ilé-Ifè

• Art of the Middle Kingdom

  • The spectacular Terracotta Army was assembled for the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China from 221–210 BCE, as a means of enabling the deceased to enjoy the same lifestyle in the afterlife.
  • Crossbow men from the Terracotta Army, interred by 210 BCE, Qin Dynasty
  • The spectacular Terracotta Army was assembled for the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China from 221–210 BCE.

• Benin

  • Typically made from bronze, brass, clay, ivory, terracotta, or wood, works of art were produced mainly for the court of the Oba (king) of Benin.
  • These commemorative objects were made of brass, wood, terracotta, or clay depending on the patron's hierarchical ranking.

• Indus Valley Civilization

  • Archaeologists have excavated sculptures, seals, pottery, gold jewelry, elaborate beadwork, and anatomically detailed figurines in terracotta, ceramic, bronze, lead, tin, and steatite from the ancient Indus Valley area.
  • A number of bronze, gold, stone, and terracotta figures of girls in dance poses reveal the presence of some dance forms from the time, and a harp-like instrument depicted on a seal indicates the use of stringed musical instruments.

• Benin

  • Typically made from bronze, brass, clay, ivory, terracotta or wood, most art was produced at the court of the Oba (king) and was used to illustrate achievements of the empire or to narrate mythical stories.

• American Art Deco Architecture

  • The sunburst design executed in terracotta exemplifies Art Deco's characteristic combination of craft, ornament and geometrical motif.

• The Qin Dynasty

  • The Dynasty is also known for many impressive feats in architecture, sculpture, and other art, such as the beginnings of the Great Wall of China, the construction of the Terracotta Army, and the standardization of the writing system.

• Japanese Buddhism

  • Before the introduction of Buddhism, Japan had already been the seat of various cultural and artistic influences, from the abstract linear decorative art of the indigenous Neolithic Jōmon (10500 BCE to 300 BCE), to the pottery and bronze of the Yayoi period and the Haniwa art (terracotta clay figures used as funerary objects) of the Kofun period.

• The Bayeux Tapestry

  • The main yarn colors are terracotta or russet, blue-green, dull gold, olive green, and blue, with small amounts of dark blue, black, and sage green.