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Taken in the ancient Chinese imperial capital of Xian, there are literally thousands of these warriors, each one with a different face, in multiple pits that have been excavated. More can be learned here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army. I was very lucky to get this shot. There was a large viewing area for the public far in the back, but a wide ledge right next to the warriors that was closed off. I walked up to a security guard and asked if I could go on the ledge. He asked, "Are you from National Geographic?" I had a bag full of lens and my D800 with the battery grip, so I must have looked like a professional. I answered, "I am not from National Geographic, but I want to be." I suppose his English was not so good because he held the door open for me. Needless to say, I knew better than to correct his English and spent half an our on that ledge shooting every angle I could with every lens in my bag.
Emperor Qin's Terracotta Warriors were discovered in 1974 near Xien China by a local farmer, they date back to 210 BC
Taken in the ancient Chinese imperial capital of Xian, there are literally thousands of these warriors, each one with a different face, in multiple pits that have been excavated. More can be learned here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army. I was very lucky to get this shot. There was a large viewing area for the public far in the back, but a wide ledge right next to the warriors that was closed off. I walked up to a security guard and asked if I could go on the ledge. He asked, "Are you from National Geographic?" I had a bag full of lens and my D800 with the battery grip, so I must have looked like a professional. I answered, "I am not from National Geographic, but I want to be." I suppose his English was not so good because he held the door open for me. Needless to say, I knew better than to correct his English and spent half an our on that ledge shooting every angle I could with every lens in my bag.
The facade of some buildings in Bologna, Italy had these interesting terracotta busts projecting out of the building facades.
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Emperor Qin's Terracotta Warriors were discovered in 1974 near Xian China by a local farmer, they date back to 210 bc
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At this point in our tour of China, we hit one of the highlight sights of our trip - the famous Terracotta Army in Xian (Xi'an). [UNESCO World Heritage Site]. Built by Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China, this underground army lay undiscovered for over 2200 years.
Construction of this mausoleum began in 246 BCE and the project eventually involved 700,000 conscripted workers. As of the date I made this image, four main pits approximately 7 metres (23 ft) deep have been excavated. The main pit (Pit 1) shown in this photo Pit 1, is about the size of a football field (230 metres (750 ft) long and 62 metres (203 ft) wide). It contains the main army of more than 6,000 life-size clay (terracotta) figures (soldiers, horses, wagons). Originally they were all coloured, decorated and equipped with real weapons.
Most of the soldiers were reduced to rubble through vandalism and a large fire a few years after the death of Qin. Since the discovery of the site in 1974, China has been actively working to reconstruct and preserve the Terracotta Army (see several of the previously posted images in this set). This image shows some of the many reconstructed soldiers in Pit 1. Note how each on looks different.
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Midland Railway Company's station at Leicester was rebuilt to the design of Charles Trubshaw in 1895. This is the departure section of the frontage with terracotta ornamentation and the initials of the company in the wrought iron over the side gates.
Rooftops from the city wall in the afternoon sun looking over Dubrovnic old town in Croatia with Lokrum Island just off shore in the Adriatic Sea.
Soulis: Terracotta Soldiers.
We took the plane from Guangzhou (formerly Canton) to Xi'an to have our own closeup view of this famous place.
Farmers digging a well in a field approximately 20 miles
east of Xi’an stumbled upon a pit containing 6,000 life-size
terra cotta statues in March 1974. The site was soon identified
as the burial place of Emperor Qin, and excavations began
almost immediately. Historians now believe that some 700,000
workers worked for nearly three decades on the mausoleum.
So far, archaeologists have uncovered a 20-square-mile
compound, including some 8,000 terracotta soldiers, along with
numerous horses and chariots, a pyramid mound marking the emperor’s tomb, remains of a palace, offices, store houses and stables.
Each terracotta soldier appears to be unique in its facial features, revealing a high level of craftsmanship and artistry.
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Una particolare sfumatura di rosso distingue questa varietà, le infiorescenze di questa rosa, infatti, mettono in risalto una tinta rosso terra di Siena che spicca per l’originalità e per delicatezza, conferendo al vostro giardino un tocco di eleganza unico. I fiori sono ampi (11 cm di diametro) e presentano una struttura della corolla a coppa di circa 30-35 petali, con la tipica foggia a turbine, da rosa nobile. Ogni ramo sorregge mazzi che vanno da 2 a 5 fiori che emanano un piacevole e soffuso profumo. La pianta è notevolmente resistente alle malattie, cresce vigorosa fino a circa 100-110 cm di altezza e mostra un fogliame semi-opaco, sano e folto
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife.
This was taken in San Francisco at the Asian Museum. The show was called the traveling 9.
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June 18, 2007. No flower. No bug. For today. :) This is a 4-ft tall urn pot we have in our front porch.
The Warring States Period of Chinese history lasted 254 years from 475 BC to 221 BC, with seven states (Yan, Zhao, Qi, Wei, Qin, Han and Chu) struggling for dominance. Qin Shi Huang (born 259 BC, died 210 BC) became the King of Qin in 247 BC. In 221 BC, he established the Qin Dynasty after unifying the country and ruled as the Qin Emperor from 221 BC until his death.
In 246 BC he ordered construction to begin of his mausoleum, which was completed in 208 BC. Encompassing an area of 5.62 ha, the site is dominated by a pyramidal mound rising 51.3 m from its base and surrounded by walls, gates and satellite tombs for officials, concubines and warriors. The mausoleum mound has yet to be excavated, but is believed to contain an underground palace and the emperor's tomb.
In March, 1974, farmers discovered terracotta soldiers buried 1.5 km east of the emperor's mausoleum. Excavations at the site revealed four pits containing some 8,000 terracotta figures including horses, soldiers and wooden chariots. Pit One contains 6,000 soldiers. Pit Two contains cavalry, archers and the remains of wooden chariots which had rotted away. Pit Three contains generals and officers. Pit Four is empty, possibly unfinished. Each of the characters are unique and life-sized. They are displayed in situ in the museum constructed on the site.
The Terracotta Warriors are located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1987 as "Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor", some 35 km northeast of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province.
From the exhibit seen in the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA. It's hard to imagine that this was made around 221 B.C.
The Terracotta Dolphin Fountain was ordered by Mayor Henry Dowling from Scotland in 1857 for the Launceston Horticultural Society. The unveiling was the highlight of the Society’s 1861 fete. The fountain was designed by famous Glasgow architect Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson and its prototype displayed at the Dublin Exhibition of 1853.
This fountain was a feature of the Tasmanian Exhibition of 1891-92 (marked by the opening of the Albert Hall). The Terracotta Dolphin Fountain is believed to be the second oldest extant public fountain in Australia. The oldest fountain in Australia is also in Launceston, the Val d'Osne Fountain (1859) in Princes Square (I'll link to this below).
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Terracotta warriors in Pit 3 ("The Command Centre").
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Xi'an.
Pictures from the inside have been taken and will come soon.
The remains of the brickworks "Ceres" in Groningen, the Netherlands.
In English:
Between 1857 and 1968 there was much activity in the Ceres brickworks in northern Groningen Rottum. Bricks and drainpipes were manufactured at that time . The brickworks, which was at the Boterdiep between Rottum and Kantens was of great importance for employment. Following the closure of the plant in 1974 a large part of the building was demolished. Only the remains of the two factory chimneys and a shed are still there and are now an important "landmark" in the flat landscape (FIEN)
In Dutch:
Tussen 1857 en 1968 was er veel bedrijvigheid in de steenfabriek Ceres bij het noord-Groningse Rottum. Er werden in die periode bakstenen en draineerbuizen gefabriceerd. De steenfabriek, die lag tussen Kantens en Rottum aan het Boterdiep, was van groot belang voor de werkgelegenheid. Na de sluiting van de fabriek werd in 1974 een groot deel van het complex gesloopt. Alleen de restanten van de twee fabrieksschoorstenen en een loods zijn nog aanwezig en vormen nu een belangrijk ''landmerk'' in het vlakke landschap (FIEN)
The Warring States Period of Chinese history lasted 254 years from 475 BC to 221 BC, with seven states (Yan, Zhao, Qi, Wei, Qin, Han and Chu) struggling for dominance. Qin Shi Huang (born 259 BC, died 210 BC) became the King of Qin in 247 BC. In 221 BC, he established the Qin Dynasty after unifying the country and ruled as the Qin Emperor from 221 BC until his death.
In 246 BC he ordered construction to begin of his mausoleum, which was completed in 208 BC. Encompassing an area of 5.62 ha, the site is dominated by a pyramidal mound rising 51.3 m from its base and surrounded by walls, gates and satellite tombs for officials, concubines and warriors. The mausoleum mound has yet to be excavated, but is believed to contain an underground palace and the emperor's tomb.
In March, 1974, farmers discovered terracotta soldiers buried 1.5 km east of the emperor's mausoleum. Excavations at the site revealed four pits containing some 8,000 terracotta figures including horses, soldiers and wooden chariots. Pit One contains 6,000 soldiers. Pit Two contains cavalry, archers and the remains of wooden chariots which had rotted away. Pit Three contains generals and officers. Pit Four is empty, possibly unfinished. Each of the characters are unique and life-sized. They are displayed in situ in the museum constructed on the site. This cavalryman is displayed in an exhibition hall at the Terracotta Warriors Museum.
The Terracotta Warriors are located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1987 as "Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor", some 35 km northeast of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province.
Terracotta warriors in Pit 1 (around 200 BC).
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Xi'an.
When I saw this scene in Sidestep Canyon, I immediately thought of the Terracotta Warriors that are being excavated in China.
You have to go into Sidestep a little bit to see these rows and columns of nascent hoodoos slowly being uncovered by the process of erosion.
I want to return and walk among these columns if I can find a way down to their level.
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So now that we have shifted I don’t have the Wagnerian statues in front of my house any more :( . I was thinking of placing some life sized Terracotta Warriors in the entrance hall
Shot with a single strobe and a reflector, directly opposite the flash. The flash is placed slightly behind the statue camera right.
Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 100