Terracotta Warriors of high value in art history. Terracotta Warriors and Horses of shape, is based on real life and creation, artistic delicate and crisp. Figurines dress, demeanor is different. Light hair style, there are many kinds of gestures are different, facial expression is different demeanor. From their dress, facial expressions and gestures can determine is the official or soldier, infantry or cavalry. There are battle-hardened veterans long beard, but also young people early on the battlefield. Height of 1.96 meters generals figurines, towering upright, lost in thought, bursting with determination mighty look. That warrior figurines, head slightly raised, eyes looking straight ahead, but with a somewhat high-spirited emotional look childish. That wearing armor, the right hand spear, left by car warrior, gesture of showing that he is defending Chester figurines.

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In short, the figurines have distinct characteristics of the times of strong personality. These terracotta sculpture is a treasure trove of art, to add luster to the splendid ancient culture of the Chinese nation, but also to the world of art history complement a glorious page. Terracotta Warriors pit unearthed bronze weapons, sword, spear, halberd, a machete and a large number of crossbow, arrows and so on.

According to laboratory data indicate that these copper-tin alloy chromium weapons after treatment, although buried in the earth two thousand years, the blade is still sharp, shiny, show that at that time already had a very high metallurgical technique can be regarded as the world's history of metallurgy miracle.

Terracotta Warriors and Horses into the hall, you will be amazed as two thousand years ago this underground army endless, they take up arms and military capacity of rigorous, take a man introduced between magnificent, a mysterious magic trance horses neighing, history fierce battle imminent screen. This is the great charm of classical realism, he buried an important page in the history of two thousand years of Chinese art to the world to show, in a way described as "no man has gone before, could be seen to" the mysterious chapter. Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses offers a wealth of physical data for the study of the Qin Dynasty military, cultural and economic.

Its excavation known as "one of the great archaeological discoveries in the history of the twentieth century." December 1987, UNESCO has been the mausoleum (including the Terracotta pit) inscribed on the World Heritage list. It is understood that, with the support of central and local governments, plans to invest two hundred million yuan Terracotta Museum carried out the second phase expansion project. Terracotta Warriors in ancient China's art treasures, is the perfect embodiment of the Qin Dynasty realistic art, body tall, well-proportioned, vivid, realistic expression, can be described as thousands of thousand faces, lifelike.

Magnificent military array, then reproduce the Qin Shi Huang unified China for the completion of the great cause and show of military medals and military might. It is called an A Unique pearl, because it has a thousand years ago the Qin Empire Xiong Bing - magnificent underground military array consisting of more than 7,000 terracotta warriors and horses of the composition and the global attention, shocked the world . Terracotta sculpture is a treasure trove of art, add luster to the splendid ancient culture of the Chinese nation, but also to the world of art history complement a glorious page.

Painted Terracotta

Generally people visited the terracotta warriors and horses, for the few remaining face painted figurines perhaps remember. In fact, each year the terracotta warriors and horses are painted bright harmony. Painted Zhu Hong, orange, white, light green, green, purple and other colors on the shirt figurines. Pants painted with blue, purple, purple, light green, Zhu Hong and other colors. A multi-piece dark brown, Group A, and even A multi-band Zhu Hong.

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There is also a part of Group A, even A purple band is plotted. Figurines of face and hand, foot colors are pink, showing muscle texture. Especially the painted face is particularly exciting, white eyes, black eyes, even the pupil of the eye also painted vivid. Figurines of hair, beard and eyebrows are black. The overall color looked beautiful and harmonious. While also focusing on figurines painted in contrasting colors. From an individual perspective, on some long green jacket, wearing green shorts.

Overall then, as the probe 20 side of a row of tanks figurines, a first clad Lvpao dressed dahongpao second, third wearing purple, white robe fourth dressed. Different colors of clothing in stark contrast. Further enhancing the artistic appeal. Pottery horses also have bright and harmonious painting. As the probe 20 square unearthed a set of pottery horses, still retains its local bright colors. Four horses like white shoes the bay, but in the topical aspects of color there is an obvious difference. As part of the horse body maroon, and the belly cavity portion of the precursor green points, the genital painted black. Matui surface is maroon, pink green inner surface is different, hooves is white. Horse front legs inside two small night eyes (commonly known) is also painted white. The color of the horse's head is elaborately painted cheeks and eyes following parts of white nose maroon, pink nose, the lower lip is also maroon, Shetai was pink, teeth and painted white, horsehair, pony tail are black. In short, pottery horses both realistic and gorgeous colors, making pottery horses in the static image is more vivid, more artistic charm.

Terracotta painted mainly red, green, blue, yellow, purple, brown, white, black eight colors. If coupled with a different color shades shades, such as Zhu Hong, pink, purplish red, yellow, purple, light green, etc., which is not the color of a dozen. Tests show that these colors are minerals. Red is made from cinnabar, red lead, ocher. Malachite green, blue, blue copper, purple for the synthesis of red lead and azurite, limonite brown, white to white lead and kaolin, amorphous carbon black. These minerals are the main pigment of traditional Chinese painting.

Terracotta use of such a rich mineral pigment, indicating that 2000 years ago, our working people have been able to mass production and widespread use of these pigments. This is not only the history of art in painting, but also in the history of world science and technology are of great significance. Terracotta painting technology also has many unique features. Usually before painting the surface of the pottery to be treated. Since figurines are not glazed pottery prime, has more pores, the surface is not smooth. The painting requires difficult pores too much, nor too little, too slippery surface is not easy, nor too astringent. To meet this requirement, figurines fine uniform surface like mud applicator prior to firing, and make calendering, reducing the pores, and improve the finish, while the figurines after firing, are chemically similar physical treatment .

Pottery figurines from cross-section observation, the surface has also proved with a fine clay figurines applicator before firing, and some parts only applied once, figurines surface further coated with a thin layer of material similar to, the surface coating of the gum reducing both the figurines tightly bonded together, so that painting not falling. Painting technique is to take a different approach depending on location. General figurines of the face, hand, foot part of the first with a layer of ocher primer, then a layer of white paint, then paint a layer of pink, colors and try to keep the body close to the color. And painting gowns, pants, shoes, etc. is coated with a color level is taken, except in the sleeves and cuffs, even between sheets A and A with the use of different colors for comparison, also show A clothing texture. Some beard, eyebrows treatment, it is a road coming up with thin black hair.

In short, the painting process is complicated and clever, coloring pay attention, it shows the level and texture painting, sculpture and painting to achieve the artistic effect complement each other. Some of the Han Dynasty painting techniques inherited. Pottery, painted pottery horses rigorous physical simulation, but in order to grasp the tone of warm-based, rarely used cool colors. Red, using blue, green and other colors, clever demonstration of Wu Qin Junwei.