The Terracotta Warriors

by Jane Portal, John Williams (Photographer)

Physical description; 95 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Qin shi huang Emperor of China 259 B.C.-210 B.C. — Tomb. China — Antiquities — Pictorial works.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, China, Art, Asia, Archaeology, Travel

96 pages, Hardcover

First published February 28, 2007

Reviews

[Don]

Qin Shi Huangdi (秦始皇帝), the first emperor of unified China, is best known today for the thousands of terracotta warriors buried near his mausoleum. These three titles cover diverse aspects of his life, death, and legacy. While Wood’s book is the much more absorbing read, Man’s includes two sections of beautiful color plates. The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army, published to accompany an exhibition at the British Museum, is lavishly illustrated with photos and diagrams, and gives the most insight into the construction and meaning of the tomb sites.

[Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

During this covid-19 pandemic I'm going again into my library and spending time with books I love. This wonderful book that shares brief history of the first Emperor and his terracotta warriors, administrators and entertainers in his burial mound is portrayed in stark, finely detailed, photographs. It has been described as the eighth wonder of the world and does earn that title in my book!

[Chris Sudall · Rating 4 out of 5]

I took my Dad to the exhibition on 30th September 2007, he was only with us for another two years, but he loved the exhibition and bought me this book (I bought him a figure for his birthday, which I now own too).
A lovely book, with great pictures and explanations that is a great reminder of one of my all time favourite exhibitions.

[Aileen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A small book which I bought when I went to the exhibition at the British Museum. Briefly tells how the warriors were discovered, then shows examples of the different ranks, horses, entertainers, officials and animals, together with many photographic examples. A nice reminder of how much I enjoyed the exhibition.

[Aatraya_reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good start...

Beautiful visuals which will give you the picture of the whole history.

There are much deeper books that will help to understand more once you complete this to get the gist.

[Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short read, great pics, research continues as they encounter more.

[Ruric Amhari · Rating 4 out of 5]

British Museum catalogue to accompany the First Emperor: China;s Terracotta Army exhibition. Lots of lavish photos of the items on display plus descriptions and 6 essays giving context for the first emperor and the making of China, the rise of the Qin and military conquests and the terracotta army.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

As my first folk art love is pottery, the creation of these pottery pieces fascinates me! The exhibit at The High is great!

[Linda Cumberland · Rating 4 out of 5]

A small, well-selected set of photos from a traveling exhibit, with insightful exlpanations of distinctions among figures in dress, hair styles, relative size and posture.

[Teresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

beautiful glimpse of these wonderful warriors

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

A short, pretty, and informative guide to the Terra-cotta warriors. Not much pizazz, but fine for a quick introduction.

[Molly Morrison · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book very interesting to read. I would like to do more research to see what else has been discovered since the book was published in the 2000s.

[Les Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Don't know why I had not come across this book sooner. A fantastic read.