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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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List of temples in 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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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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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 1989 Hong Kong film based on the novel by Lilian Lee, directed by Ching...
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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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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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Hydnum rufescens (redirect from Terracotta Hedgehog)
Hydnum rufescens, commonly known as the terracotta hedgehog, is an edible basidiomycete of the family Hydnaceae. It belongs to the small group of mushrooms...
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Bishnupur, Bankura (section Terracotta horses)
it is District in the state of West Bengal, India. It is known for its terracotta temples built by the Malla rulers, historic Radha Krishna temples built...
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Qin Shi Huang (section Mausoleum and Terracotta Army)
road system, as well as his city-sized mausoleum guarded by a life-sized Terracotta Army. He ruled until his death in 210 BC, during his fifth tour of eastern...
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Hypnotize (album) (redirect from Terracotta pie)
Hypnotize is the fifth and most recent studio album by the American heavy metal band System of a Down. It was released on November 22, 2005, six months...
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Salmon (color) (redirect from Terracotta (color))
CSS. Terra cotta is a tone with relatively low brightness. It resembles terracotta pottery. List of colors Wikimedia Commons has media related to Salmon...
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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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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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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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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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Krystala (redirect from Terracotta (Krystala character))
Becca transforms into Kabagona. Michael Flores as Terrence Cortesano Terracotta a.k.a. Badinger Z - A homosexual villain who has the ability to multiply...
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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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Arts of West Bengal (section Terracotta art)
an artistic diversity today in the forms of traditional handicrafts, terracotta, painting and carving, dances and music. The music of West Bengal includes...
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The Villianur Terracotta Works are handicrafts made from fine green clay, fine sand and thennal which are hand made by villagers of Villianur, in the union...
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Kleophrades Painter Panathenaic prize amphora (redirect from Kleophrades Terracotta Panathenaic Prize Amphora)
63.5 centimetres (25.0 in) tall. All of the imagery on the Kleophrades terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora is in black-figure style, a painting technique...
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They may be of any medium used for sculpture, such as marble, bronze, terracotta, plaster, wax or wood. As a format that allows the most distinctive characteristics...
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