Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Army: Why is it so significant?
Channel: CREAR Art and Culture
Date: 2021-03-03

Created as commanded by Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, during the Qin dynasty, the Terracotta army is a key example of the Emperor’s outstanding accomplishments. A symbol of obsession with both immortality and worldly power, they represent the Emperor’s earthly power, and aimed to protect him in the afterlife.

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Works/Images features:
Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Army (c. 210 BC), Lintong, Xi'an, Shaanxi, province of China.
Anonymous artist of the Qing Dynasty, Portrait of Qin Shi Huang (18th century), British Library.
Unknown artist, Portrait of Qin Shi Huang (c. 1850), in 'China's Terracotta Army and the First Emperor's Mausoleum: The Art and Culture of Qin Shihuang's Underground Palace' (2010) by Zhongyi Yuan.
Yuan Jiang, Mount Li Escaping the Heat (1702), Capital Museum.
Great Wall of China.
Qin Banliang Coins (Qin Dynasty: 221-206 BC), Shandong Provincial Museum.
Stone slab with twelve Qin seal characters (Qin Dynasty: 221-206 BC), Image Credits: CC BY-SA 2.5, by Ayelie (user: Editor at Large).