Title: Art and Literature of the Chinese Song Dynasty | World History
Headings: Art and Literature of the Chinese Song Dynasty
Art and Literature of the Chinese Song Dynasty
Art of the Song Dynasty
Literature of the Song Dynasty
Inventions of the Song Dynasty
Gifts to the World from the Song Dynasty

Content: Each period was influential in major changes in the art and culture of the population. Art of the Song Dynasty
The Song Dynasty, particularly in the Northern Song period, was a vibrant, exciting time for the arts and literature. There were many new developments in the art of landscape and portrait painting. The people of China had come through a long and dangerous war and much of the populace had retreated to the mountains. Here they found peace, and a sense of order in nature which they began to capture in large landscapes. In the cities a style of court painting became popular. Artists attending the Imperial Painting Academy served the needs of the court with portraits and landscapes. Emperor Huizong was an impressive artist and practiced the art of calligraphy. Literature of the Song Dynasty
Just as the shift in visual art took place during this time so did the art of writing. The ci poetry form arose in these years because the nation was peaceful.