Terracotta

form, 3D sculpture, use of moulds, Literacy: Teacher to use descriptive language on the properties of clay such as, body, bone dry, coiling, crock, greenware, jolley, kidney leather hard, potter’s clay, paper clay, potter, raw, slurry stoneware, terracotta, to throw a pot, wedging, water absorption. I would also have to accept that if a child builds another creature apart from my jumping point of worms and snails then that is…

create harsh laws and terrible consequences (mostly involving the death penalty). He also had most of his family executed in fear of them soon becoming more powerful than him. When Qin Shi Huangdi died, he was buried with an entire army made from terracotta clay, including more than 8000 soldiers and 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses. This army was built to protect him in his afterlife. Qin Shi Huangdi’s heir and son, Qin Er Shi (meaning the second emperor of Qin Dynasty),…

possessed illegal books and refused to destroy them would be marked with a tattoo on their face and made to labour on the Wall. Those who quoted old literatures were to be publicly executed (Document 3b). In preparation for his death Ying Zheng had terracotta warriors made to protect him in the afterlife. “Great care was taken to ensure that no two soldiers were identical and each was moulded with the precise insignia and hairstyle appropriate to his rank.” (Pollard 203). After they were…

Mona Lisa is a renown Renaissance portrait constructed by Leonardo Da Vinci, though in his words, “Art is never finished, only abandoned”, thus his most recognized creation was never completed. Despite the painting being underdeveloped, modern-day society maintains a profound respect for both the piece as well as fellow artists of the Renaissance era. Renaissance artists are admired by the general public, including scholars, as gifted geniuses in their respective crafts, specifically for their…

‘Augustus’ extraordinary position…is defined in art’ and so his iconography programme should be taken at face value in order to identify key motifs and themes within it and how this supposedly reflected Augustus’ rule. However, nowadays scholars debate about the intricacies of said iconography and try to understand it textually rather than by sight. The importance of iconography was larger in Augustus’ time in comparison now, partly because it is estimated that only 10% of the population was…

The history of slavery spans many cultures and religions, from ancient times to modern day. Almost every country practiced it including America, Africa, Europe and Asia. The earliest forms of slavery can be tracked back to the ancient Mesopotamian Code of Hammurabi and other ancient civilizations such as the Sumerians and Egyptians. However, there were many differences including total population, the punishments they faced, and overall purpose and origin of slaves in specific locations. Some…

Pui Tak Center: 2216 S. Wentworth Pui Tak Center was once the On Leong Merchants Association Building where the On leong group used to be. The society also once resided in Mott Street in New York's Chinatown. The Chinese started coming to Chicago in smaller numbers after 1870, After the 20th century less than 1,200. Until the 1940s when federal laws only allowed men to enter with only a few exceptions, chinatowns over america were populated with chinese men. Groups called Tongs were formed…

Civil Engineering in Rome Engineering was a profession in Rome, and almost all of the things that were engineered would today fall under the category of civil engineering. They constructed many things throughout their time as an empire. With such an extensive empire, they had to make sure they could take care of the people in their empire. The roads ensured that they could get military personnel throughout the empire as quickly as possible. Aqueducts brought much needed water to big cities were…

To what extent did geography help Qin Shi Huangdi keep China unified? Introduction China is an emerging superpower in today’s ever-changing society. Despite this, many people do not know a thing about the history of the country. This fact makes the question “To what extent did geography help Qin Shi Huangdi keep China unified” worthy of investigation. Before him, China was composed of seven separate warring states. Qin Shi Huangdi unified China in 221 BC and managed to keep it unified…

around the world have developed their own games and contests where they compete with one another. No such contests were as interesting or well documented as the Olympic Games that occurred in ancient Greece. While visiting the MET, I discovered the Terracotta Panathenaic Prize Amphora. This is a vase that is from the Greek period at about 500 B.C. This vase shows multiple muscular male figures running without clothes on. This is an accurate depiction of an Olympic event as well as a Panathenaic…