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Author:
Li, Jian, 1956- author.
Title:
Terracotta army : legacy of the first emperor of China / Li Jian and Hou-mei Sung ; with an essay by Zhang Weixing and contributions by William Neer.
Publisher:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ;
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xvii, 114 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 32 cm
Subject:
Qin shi huang,--Emperor of China,--259 B.C.-210 B.C.--Tomb--Exhibitions.
Qin shi huang,--Emperor of China,--259 B.C.-210 B.C.
Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese--Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D.--Exhibitions.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Shaanxi Sheng--Shaanxi Sheng--Exhibitions.
Shaanxi Sheng (China)--Antiquities--Exhibitions.
HISTORY--Asia--China.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology.
ART--Asian.
ART--General.--General.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese--Qin-Han dynasties.
Tombs.
China--Shaanxi Sheng.
221 B.C.-220 A.D.
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Other Authors:
Sung, Hou-mei, author.
Zhang, Weixing, 1970- author.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, host institution. host institution.
Cincinnati Art Museum, host institution.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Directors' forewords / Zhao Rong, Alex Nyerges, Cameron Kitchin -- Exhibition lenders -- Qin chronology -- Map of warring states period -- Introduction / Li Jian -- Entries / Li Jian, Hou-mei Sung, and William Neer -- The First Emperor and unification of China -- Birth of the Qin Empire -- Quest for immortality -- Plan of the First Emperor's mausoleum complex -- Recent archaeology and new thoughts about Qin Shihuang's mausoleum complex / Zhang Weixing -- Hierarchy of Qin imperial government -- Map of Qin Dynasty -- Qin rulers -- Biographies of historical figures.
Summary:
"This catalog accompanies the exhibition Terracotta Army: Legacy of the First Emperor of China, organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0300230567
9780300230567
OCLC:
(OCoLC)985075569
LCCN:
2017044984
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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