Terracotta, also known as terra cotta or terra-cotta (Italian: [ˌtɛrraˈkɔtta]; lit. 'baked earth'; from Latin terra cocta 'cooked earth'), is a clay-based...
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The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary...
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necropolis surrounding the tomb, including the Terracotta Army to the east of the tomb mound. The Terracotta Army served as a garrison to the mausoleum and...
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common thread unifying this group is that the temples are constructed in terracotta. The region consists of following districts Birbhum, Bankura, Burdwan...
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Nok culture (redirect from Nok terracotta figures)
the Ham village of Nok in southern Kaduna State of Nigeria, where their terracotta sculptures were first discovered in 1928. The Nok people and the Gajiganna...
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Terra Cotta (disambiguation) (redirect from Terracotta (disambiguation))
Terra Cotta (or terracotta) is a clay-based ceramic material, and objects made in it. Terra Cotta or terracotta may also refer to: Terra Cotta, California...
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The Yangjiawan terracotta army (Ch: 杨家湾兵马俑) is a small funeral terracotta army of the Western Han period, which was excavated in Yangjiawan, in the region...
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Majapahit Terracotta is the terracotta art and craft dated from Majapahit era circa 13th to 15th century. Significant terracotta earthenware artifacts...
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Yangling Mausoleum of Han (redirect from Yangling terracotta army)
are accessible to visitors. The pits display more than 50,000 miniature terracotta figures reflecting the daily life of the Han emperor's court, including...
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The Terracotta Dog (Italian: Il cane di terracotta) is a 1996 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2002 by Stephen Sartarelli. It is the...
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Hypnotize (album) (redirect from Terracotta pie)
Hypnotize is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band System of a Down. It was released on November 22, 2005, six months after the release...
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Terracotta, Inc., is a computer-software company that specializes in database applications. The company is owned by Software AG.[citation needed] Terracotta...
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Architectural terracotta refers to a fired mixture of clay and water that can be used in a non-structural, semi-structural, or structural capacity on the...
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A Terra-Cotta Warrior (redirect from A Terracotta Warrior)
A Terra-Cotta Warrior, also known as Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior, is a 1990 Hong Kong film based on the novel by Lilian Lee, directed by Ching...
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Temples of Bishnupur (redirect from Bishnupur Terracotta Temples)
unique terracotta temples made from the locally available laterite stones. The Malla rulers were Vaishnavites and built the famous terracotta temples...
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topped by a 30-story tower. Its facade is mostly clad with architectural terracotta, though the lower portions are limestone, and it features thousands of...
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Jacks. The film is set in China rather than Egypt and focuses on the Terracotta Army's origins. It is the third and final installment in The Mummy trilogy...
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been fired below 1,200 °C (2,190 °F). Basic earthenware, often called terracotta, absorbs liquids such as water. However, earthenware can be made impervious...
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The Magic Whip (redirect from My Terracotta Heart)
3 June, and 8 September 2015, respectively. "Ong Ong", along with "My Terracotta Heart" and "I Broadcast" were previously made available shortly before...
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The Haniwa Terracotta Dancers (埴輪 踊る人々, haniwa odoru hitobito, haniwa dancing people) are a pair of human-shaped terracotta burial figures - haniwa - one...
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everyday use, plates and lamps, as well as a terracotta statue of a female divinity and the terracotta head, which demonstrate the existence of various...
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New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company (category Terracotta)
manufacturer of architectural terracotta based in Queens, New York, U.S. Beginning in the 1870s, architectural terracotta grew in popularity in the United...
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and knucklebones (astragali or "jacks"). Girls had dolls made of wood, terracotta, and especially bone and ivory. Ball games include trigon and harpastum...
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tomb effigy of Jesus covered by a shroud. Corradini produced a to-scale terracotta bozzetto model, now in the Museo Nazionale di San Martino, but died shortly...
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Dragon Gate (Sweden) (section The Terracotta Army)
Xi'an received about 200 copied terracotta soldiers in original size. These constitute an exhibition concerning the Terracotta Army and Chinas first emperor...
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Etruscan art (section Terracotta panels)
characteristics. Particularly strong in this tradition were figurative sculpture in terracotta (especially life-size on sarcophagi or temples), wall-painting and metalworking...
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The Villianur Terracotta Works are handicrafts made from fine green clay, fine sand and thennal which are handmade by villagers of Villianur, in the union...
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The Etruscan terracotta warriors are three statues that resemble the work of the ancient Etruscans, but are in fact art forgeries. The statues, created...
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"The front, which is faced with buff terracotta and red brick...internally...buff terracotta, panels of pink terracotta containing symbolical figures being...
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Terracotta figurines are a wide range of small figurines made throughout the time span of Ancient Greece, and one of the main types of Ancient Greek pottery...
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