Friday December 7th, 2012

Tang and Song poetry trade and art:Tang art: Calligraphy was the purest art. paintings were  mostly formed from silk until the invention of paper. the art was then formed onto scrolls and most of the time were placed on Chinese wall fans. The primary source for the painting is the landscape, also known as the shanshui which means water mounting painting. Distances in the paintings were blurred, mountain contours faded into the mist and there was an overall impressionistic impression given the other natural props.

Sung art:  artists created painting that people could gaze at, and wander on. Artists aimed to collect the animals emotions in paintings. needed inspiration so they took other artists things. landscape paintings were big in this dynasty.

Tang Poetry: The poetry in the Tang dynasty went from 618-907 AD. tang poets as we know today originated during the high tang era of poetry. the middle tang era was also filled with many well known names. late tang was the late flourishing point in tang poetry.

Poetry of song dynasty: the song got their poetry from the tang. their poetry were also called the folksong-type poetry and long and short sentences. for the song there is 2 types of poetry: short ream and slow song poetry.

tang ans sung trade: prospered from their trade. received trade from the west. were heavily influenced by the western trade. the economies of these dynasties were marked off of trade and other aspects such as commercial expansion and financial prosperity.

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