Terracotta Army - Legacy of the First Emperor of China

"This catalog accompanies the exhibition Terracotta Army: Legacy of the First Emperor of China, organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts"--

About the author

Li Jian is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Curator of East Asian Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Hou-mei Sung is curator of Asian art at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Zhang Weixing is chair of the Archaeology Department at Emperor Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum. William Neer is curatorial assistant for East Asian art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Summary

A richly illustrated book featuring recent revelations about China's first emperor, Ying Zheng, and his famous burial site containing an army of life-size terracotta soldiers and other artifacts

Product details

• Authors: Li Jian, LI Sung Jian, Jian Li, Jian Li, Hou-Mei Sung, Sung Hou-Mei
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780300230567
• ISBN: 978-0-300-23056-7
• No. of pages: 132
• Series: VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (YAL)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Asia / China, ART / Asian / General, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, sculpture, History of Art, Archaeology, Asian History, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE