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A Famous Sculpture

Tell me about a famous sculpture. You should say: what the sculpture was who made it what you thought of it and explain why it is so famous.

．I don' know much about art but I can try to depict the Terra-Cotta Warriors of Xi’an．．Famous tourist destination. Emperor had thousands of statues made before his death.
．Each statue is different＝unique＋life size＋carved by hand
．They were found by some farmers who were digging a well＝attracted researchers ．The site is gigantic＋impressive. I would love to go there.
I am not an art expert so I won't be able to tell you about famous sculptures like The Thinker or the Statue of David，but I will try to describe the Terra-Cotta Warriors in Xi’an. This place has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in China.
The story goes that the Emperor Qin Shi Huang was afraid of dying. As a result, he decided to surround his mausoleum with replicas（＝copies) of his army. He had up to 7000 statues of Chinese soldiers and horses created and today you can still see most of them.
Each statue was handmade and great attention was paid to details ． Actually, every single warrior has a different facial expression and hairstyle. I can't imagine how much time it took for the artists to create all of them. What is even more surprising is that they are all life-sized statues.
Twenty years ago, all of them were still buried, but some farmers found some pottery as they were digging a well, which attracted archaeologists' attention.
There are probably hundreds more statues still buried around. I have seen pictures and it looks like a gigantic pit（hole excavation). The site is most impressive. I have never been there, but I believe that the visit must be worth the long trip．

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