art history
China is medium in size, mountainous, and also has some deserts. They have a highly literate society, they greatly valued poetry, calligraphy, and painting—also known as the three perfections. Imperial China produced many technological advances including: paper and porcelain. Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism were the main religions of the time of imperial China. Qin Shihuang (259-210 BCE) (of the Qin Dynasty) had a tomb built for himself. It was a huge, underground tomb, guarded by life sized warriors made of terra cotta. These terra cotta men included: warriors, infantry men, horses, chariots, and all their attendant armor and weaponry. These some 7,000 men were originally painted. The army found in the 1st emperor’s burial complex is a remarkable discovery, of the things found there were: gardens, stables, bronze ritual vessels, jade jewelry, and a wealth of gold and silver ornaments. Qin Shihuang was an ancient astronomer.
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