Proposal
Claim: Qin tomb art is one of the peaks of the Chinese sculpture art, as it features every single people’s emotion and action well; every sculpture has its own characteristic.
Introduction
- Introduction to tomb art
- Background
- Qin is the first dynasty when China is united. Hence, they have a powerful and stable economy and political structure.
- People then believed and took care of their afterlives.
- Propaganda: emperor was willing to use it to show his power of the country.
- It makes Qin dynasty’s tomb art to be a remarkable form of art in the Chinese art history.
Body:
Why it is remarkable?
- Large quantity
- High Quality
- Focus on details (hair, beard)
- Different characteristics for different soldiers
Comparison:
Similarities:
- Material
- Ration to the real person (1:1)
- Detailed hair and clothes
Difference:
- Gestures
- Emotions
- Clothes & hairstyle
Conclusion:
- Every figure has its own appearance and emotion.
- They are distinct in details like hair, clothes.
- Different clothes indicate different classes.
All these details make Qin terracotta figures remarkable in the Chinese art history.
Bibliography:
袁仲一. 秦始皇陵兵马俑研究. 文物出版社, 1990. (Yuan Zhongyi, Researches on Terracotta Warriors in Qin dynasty. Cultural Relics Press. 1990.)
Zhang, Wenli. The Qin terracotta army: treasures of Lintong. Philip Wilson Publishers, Limited, 1996.
