2. •The Terracotta Army was
discovered in the spring of
1974
•The army was built for Qin
Shi Huang
3. •Qin Shi Huang was 13 when
construction began.
•Construction began in 246 BC
and involved 700,000 workers.
4. •The Terracotta Army is a form
of funerary art buried with the
First Emperor of Qin.
•The Army's purpose was to help
rule another empire with Qin Shi
Huang in the afterlife.
5. •The terracotta army figures were
manufactured in workshops by
government laborers and by local
craftsmen.
•head, arms, legs and torsos were
created separately and then
assembled.
6. •Each body part of the statue
was made separate and then
assembled
•This would make it an
assembly line production, with
specific parts manufactured
and assembled after being
fired, as opposed to crafting
one solid piece of terracotta.
7. •Studies show that eight face molds
were most likely used, and then clay
was added to provide individual facial
features.
•Each soldier’s facial features were to
be different.
8. •Each workshop was required to
inscribe its name on items
produced to ensure quality
control.
•This has helped historians to track
what work shops who were forced
by the emperor to complete his
task.
9. •The terracotta figures are life-like and
life-sized.
•They vary in height, uniform and
hairstyle in accordance with rank.
•Their existence serves as a testament
to the amount of labor and skill involved
in their construction.
•It also reveals the power the First
Emperor possessed, enabling him to
command such a huge undertaking.
