Post by galvatron prime on Nov 17, 2014 5:36:33 GMT
China's Terracotta Army was inspired by ancient GREEK art, claims expert
A School of Oriental and African Studies expert believes it is ‘likely’ the 8,000 giant sculptures were the result of contact between Greece and China
Lukas Nickel said ancient records are evidence that the warriors of the First Emperor were based on earlier life size statues
Before the time of the Qin Shi Huangdi, there were no large figurines created in China and he thinks the idea came from Alexander the Great’s campaigns
The Terracotta Warriors are described as one of the 8th wonders of the world, but the life-size figures created over 2,200 years ago, were inspired by artwork by the ancient Greeks, one expert claims.
Lukas Nickel believes it is ‘likely’ the 8,000 giant sculptures, which were buried in pits close to the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi, were the result of contact between Greece and China.
He cites newly translated ancient records that tell of giant statues appearing in the West, which inspired Qin Shi Huangdi, as evidence that the warriors of the First Emperor were based on 12 earlier life-size statues.
‘It is perfectly possible and actually likely that the sculptures of the First Emperor are the result of early contact between Greece and China,’ Dr Nickel, a reader at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, told LiveScience.
Before the time of the First Emperor, there were no life-size figurines created in China and he thinks the idea came from Alexander the Great’s campaigns.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2522067/Chinas-Terracotta-Army-inspired-ancient-GREEK-art-claims-expert.html#ixzz3JIjvKnFx
A School of Oriental and African Studies expert believes it is ‘likely’ the 8,000 giant sculptures were the result of contact between Greece and China
Lukas Nickel said ancient records are evidence that the warriors of the First Emperor were based on earlier life size statues
Before the time of the Qin Shi Huangdi, there were no large figurines created in China and he thinks the idea came from Alexander the Great’s campaigns
The Terracotta Warriors are described as one of the 8th wonders of the world, but the life-size figures created over 2,200 years ago, were inspired by artwork by the ancient Greeks, one expert claims.
Lukas Nickel believes it is ‘likely’ the 8,000 giant sculptures, which were buried in pits close to the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi, were the result of contact between Greece and China.
He cites newly translated ancient records that tell of giant statues appearing in the West, which inspired Qin Shi Huangdi, as evidence that the warriors of the First Emperor were based on 12 earlier life-size statues.
‘It is perfectly possible and actually likely that the sculptures of the First Emperor are the result of early contact between Greece and China,’ Dr Nickel, a reader at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, told LiveScience.
Before the time of the First Emperor, there were no life-size figurines created in China and he thinks the idea came from Alexander the Great’s campaigns.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2522067/Chinas-Terracotta-Army-inspired-ancient-GREEK-art-claims-expert.html#ixzz3JIjvKnFx