AGE OF EMPIRES/ ART OF THE QIN AND HAN DYNASTIES

In a remarkable cultural exchange, 31 institutions in China are lending 160 objects to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for this show exploring the Qin and Han dynasties. The exhibition, which covers around 440 years of history, examines the development of a cohesiv e Chinese Han ethnic identity in light of recent scholarship and archaeological digs conducted in the past 50 years. The show opens with a group of the famous terracotta warriors that guarded the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, and also inc ludes late...[Llegir més]