Xi'an Terracotta Leger

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He daar,

Is er nog iemand anders naar de tentoonstelling geweest van het Terracotta leger in Assen of Maaseik? Ik was vandaag naar de tentoonstelling in Maaseik, en het was in een woord geweldig! Er staan "maar" twaalf beelden, maar dat maakte weinig uit. Eentje was al genoeg geweest, om eens een keer in de ogen te kijken van iemand die al twee millennia dood is. Want ze zien er realistisch genoeg uit om je te laten denken dat er iemand model voor moet hebben gestaan, voor alle beelden.
De tentoonstelling is heel goed ingedeeld, met heel veel achtergrond voordat, en een hele hoop informatie over archeologische en restauratieve problemen nadat je de beelden krijgt te zien. Zoals bijvoorbeeld, de twee replicas aan het eind van de tentoonstelling die je een idee geven van hoe ze destijds moeten hebben uitgezien, heel kleurrijk. Schijnbaar heeft men, in samenwerking met een duits team wetenschappers, een methode gevonden om ze op te graven zodat de verflaag intact blijft.
Bovendien een hele hoop spullen waarvan ik geen weet had, zoals de terracotta veestapel (paarden, koeien, schapen, varkens, en zelfs honden, allemaal individueel van elkaar te onderscheiden), en een kleiner leger van een andere vondst. Kleiner in hoogte, zeker niet in aantal, dat was zelfs groter!
Als je de kans krijgt, moet je zeker gaan. Duur, dat wel, met 16,50 entree, en dan moet je je ook nog schikken naar een heel rigide reserveringssysteem vanwege de grote populariteit, maar dat is allemaal de moeite.
De nederlandstalige catalogus van het Asser museum is een must-have, maar ze verkopen ook miniatuur replicas in drie verschillende groottes, en herkenbaar als een van de beelden die je net gezien hebt, voor een heel redelijke prijs. Hebben, hebben, hebben! En bovendien terrasmodellen, kwart-, half-, en driekwartgrootte. Maar daar moet je echt de beurs voor trekken.

Hey,

Has anyone else been to the exhibit of Terracotta Army in Assen (NL) or Maaseik (BE)? Or anywhere else? I was at Maaseik today, and it was amazing! There's "only" twelve of them, but who cares? One would've been enough, to be able to look into the eyes of a person deceased two millennia ago. They look lifelike enough to let you think it must have been a real person after whom they modelled the statue.
It's a very good exhibit; a lot of background before, and a lot of insights in archaeology and restoration after you see the statues. Like, apparently, together with a team of german scientists, they have found a way to exhume the soldiers with the paint intact. Two colourful replicas at the end of the exhibit, showing how they must have looked like back then.
Plus a lot of stuff I had never heard about before, like the terracotta livestock, and other, smaller armies from other sites. Smaller in size, not numbers, that was even higher than the Xi'an site!
If you get the chance, you really should go. It's rather expensive (16,50 euro, about 10 pounds or 165 US dollars Wink ), and you need to stick to a very rigid timeframe when you make reservations because of its popularity, but it's worth all of it.
The dutch catalogue made by Assen Museum is a must-have, but they also sell miniature replicas in three sizes, all recognisable as one of the soldiers you just met, for a very reasonable amount. I want it, I want it, I want it! Plus quarter-, half-, and threequartersized lawn ornaments, but those will cost you.

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Re: Xi'an Terracotta Leger

How much did they pay you?


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Re: Xi'an Terracotta Leger

In future, English FIRST. I nearly had a stroke. Still, would have been nice to see that. Tho I'd rather see the original site.


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I've been to an exhibition of the terracotta army in Berlin years ago and you are right, it is amazing. The soldiers as well as the background information. I was shocked to learn that they made "oil" for the lanterns of the fat they got from the people who died working on the site, not that they must have had much body fat left. Sad
But I'm sure if I had read "Interesting Times" before visiting the exhibition i'd have liked it even more! Wink

Oh, and OB feel free to write whatever language you like first!


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sapient pearwood wrote:

Oh, and OB feel free to write whatever language you like first!

yeah, after all this is the dutch part of the forum, so we should feel honoured about it being in english at all. Wink

i haven't actually seen the exhibition myself, though i have been to berlin when it was on. i just wasn't in the mood for it. i guess i would go if i ever got the chance again though.


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whoops, thought this was in thudding drum. My bad


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The concept intrigues me, but unless the exhibition comes to Aberdeen, I wouldnt deem the treck worthy.


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