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[[File:Bell Edison Telephone Building.jpg|thumb|right|The [[17 & 19 Newhall Street, Birmingham|Bell Edison Telephone Building]], Birmingham, England.]]
[[File:Natural History Museum London Jan 2006.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Natural History Museum]] in London has an ornate terracotta facade typical of high [[Victorian architecture]]. The carvings represent the contents of the Museum.]]
'''Terracotta''', '''Terraterra cotta''' oratau '''Terraterra-cotta''' (dari [[Italianbahasa language|ItalianItali]]: yang berarti "bakedtanah earthbakar",<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terra-cotta Merriam-Webster.com]</ref> from the Latin ''terra cocta'') is a [[clay]]-based unglazed [[ceramic]],<ref>[[OED]], "Terracotta"</ref> although the term can also be applied to glazed ceramics where the fired body is porous and red in color<ref>‘Diagnosis Of Terra-Cotta Glaze Spalling.’ S.E. Thomasen, C.L. Searls. ''Masonry: Materials, Design, Construction and Maintenance''. ASTM STP 992 Philadelphia, USA, 1988. American Society for Testing & Materials.</ref><ref>‘Colour Degradation In A Terra Cotta Glaze’ H.J. Lee, W.M. Carty, J.Gill. ''Ceram.Eng.Sci.Proc.'' 21, No.2, 2000, p.45-58.</ref><ref>‘High-lead glaze compositions and alterations: example of byzantine tiles.’ A. Bouquillon. C. Pouthas. ''Euro Ceramics V. Pt.2. Trans Tech Publications'', Switzerland,1997, p.1487-1490 Quote: “A collection of architectural Byzantine tiles in glazed terra cotta is stored and exhibited in the Art Object department of the Louvre Museum as well as in the Musee de la Ceramique de Sevres.”</ref><ref>'Industrial Ceramics.' F.Singer, S.S.Singer. Chapman & Hall. 1971. Quote: "The lighter pieces that are glazed may also be termed 'terracotta.'</ref>. Its uses include vessels, water and waste water pipes and surface embellishment in [[building construction]], along with sculpture such as the [[Terracotta Army]] and [[Greek terracotta figurines]]. The term is also used to refer to items made out of this material and to its natural, brownish orange color, which varies considerably. In [[archaeology]] and [[art history]], "terracotta" is often used of objects not made on a [[potter's wheel]], such as figurines, where objects made on the wheel from the same material, possibly even by the same person, are called [[pottery]]; the choice of term depending on the type of object rather than the material{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}.
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