Terracotta Army - light and shadow
The Terracotta Army or the "Terracotta Warriors and Horses" 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.
The figures, dating from approximately the late third century BCE, were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province. The figures vary in height according to their roles, with the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army held more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remained buried in the pits nearby Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum. Other terracotta non-military figures were found in other pits, including officials, acrobats, strongmen and musicians.
source: Wikipedia
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Hans-Reiner Bohn
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Dorothea Weckmann - Piper 21/07/2015 16:45
das ist ja beeindruckend.......lg dorothea
Peter van der Houwen 21/07/2015 14:57
Very impressive and so beautifully photographed!One of the places still on our wish list!
Peter
Brigitte Specht 21/07/2015 12:56
...toll von Dir diese Armee gezeigt!L.G.Brigitte
petra hoppe 20/07/2015 20:09
einfach eine beeindruckende tonkunstund fotografierkunst von dir
glg petra
claudine capello 20/07/2015 19:54
bon document de cette armèe cèlèbre ! bravo clVitória Castelo Santos 20/07/2015 18:14
Super super schönes Photo.lg Vitoria
Dagmar Schmidt 20/07/2015 12:51
Ein beneidenswertes Motiv - diese Terracotta-Krieger würde ich nur zu gerne mal vor Ort besichtigen.So muss ich mich halt an den Deinen schadlos halten.
Schön finde ich hier insbesondere die vorherrschenden Lichtverhältnisse gut aufgenommen, was sicher nicht einfach war.
Aber die "Helden" kommen dadurch schön plastisch zur Geltung.
VG Dagmar