Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

ABOVE: Genl!fal view of P,t No 1 at the O,n Shlhuang d1gg1ngs. The entire pit has baen covered by a steel and glass roofed building for weather protect1on. The pottery f,gures have been excavated, repaired where necessary and replaced in their original po1ition1. The pit i • oPen for inspection by v1s1tou to the sue. This p,t 1s retangular and measures 2 10 metres from east to west and 62 metres north to south. II houses about 6000 sold1&rs and horses. Real bows and arrows. made of metal. are held by 204 of the soldiers and many of the athe,1 have halberds, spears and battle•a•es. There ore 30 chimots, each drawn by four horses, 1n the pit. RIGHT: Map shows location of Xian. The amazing army of I N 1974. farmers near •he ci ty of Q ·1 n s h 1· h LI ang Xian in Shaanxi province of n rth-wcst– crn China were drilling for ir rigation l'atcr "'hen they discovered ln rgc quan– tities of potter~ fragment s. The chance d,sco,·cr> was 10 lead to the most astonishing archaeological fi nd in his– tor) . Beneat h the feet of the Chinese farmers "'as an underground army or more thun 7000 life-size soldiers. each made individually from terracotta . Every one or the 7000 sta - tue, "- 3S an o"crwhelmingly brilliant work or nrt. Each had different facial charnctcristics. an 1ndi,·1dual c,prcssion. as would the sol– diers or a real arm) Not onl\· the sto ne sold iers were en – tombed . b~t so were their chariots, their weapons and their horses. snorting. tamping and rearing as if frozen in un instant or time. The farmers had discovered the 2000· year-old burial tomb of the Emperor Qin Shihuang (pronounced Chin She-wang) . who ruled China from 210 to 200 BC. ext month Brisbane becomes one or the first cities in the "orld to sec an c.hibition from China of figures from the ancient cm· peror's burial pits. The exhibition opens ,n the Queensland Art Gallery on Thursda). May 5. and will continue until June 5. TO PAGE 4 -CONTENTS:---------------S~nday ·l\lail _.,_;_ _- 0::;-....,· _.. _ . _~c..... t•J:_______ . . .. , .-._.. ·- · ., . , i· ,.·· } i:;,::·.::'·~:::\;_;~ ~·-. - ,·iv:, 1'.··· .• :.~·:*;;.J· Oi4Shlhuang........... • ~ .. .. ; i , 3 . o~~~~~ :P.!!•t : ··: .... ·:·: .·,;o_rl~ . '.,.-!,~~•.t~•l,' · •.::. • .1, ~:"'~~c!;. Co IP de 5 . .• i.. ~..i.-- 1 "·· · tc-1' , .· . ·· 1n. ·· ~~':'. .·•. y _, •• ·-. ~; ·--: . ·( -:.--2• ··• me ara . ........... . .... , YVIIGl.;U0 .. ,00 ,,ow .. ~ ...• ·. r• ~. i , u - 1 ~t;OOk1ng J, ..., ••.•• 't a,..••• • . , .... "\· ...... 1: 7 : . ··-~: . . . •, '····le .·•·Y . -:.-,~•" ' · :,.~ -';-' ,''· ·;.•: 2·2,.,: Ws Memorials. . . . . • . . • . . . • • • . , Gm ;denr.ng ....••••••• • ••••~.·.,... ;, ,,Design f . [lg,,,_. ,: . ~1•.•• ~ • , • :,. •• :.: ·, .··~-:-~::-")[f.!,_,:- : : _,.t LEARN TO REUi DR. LYN BARROW'S "IN-HOME" RELAXATION TUITION NEW ON CASSITTE Lawn euen11al Relutt,on Sli.1111 If home If • 1,me to su11 you A. simple and ineapens1ve way to betl9' llfe Rel1.-,11on Tuihon ,, • prove,n WIV to rftduc:• tenst0n and stress leading to remlW1r.1ble changes in the 'WIY vou Kl and feel. For comP'•t• Brochure Information Phone or write: A~a•thon Offflf, PO Bo, 501. Bond< Junction 2022 Phone: 389~ 799 FREE OFFER: A ~ .. copy ot Or B•row's ··Re1au10, Aepc,rt"' Jent to fll'II 250 enau.r,es 10125 Sunday Mall Co/or, April 24, 1983 3 I