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

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Art and Literature of the Chinese Song Dynasty
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Anonymous painting of Cai Wenji and her Xiongnu husband (Zuoxianwang) dating from the Southern Song. The Sung, or Song Dynasty, was the ruling government in China between 960 and 1279. Brilliant strides in landscape and portrait painting graced this period. The Song Dynasty was the successor of the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms Period in Chinese history. It was divided into two distinctive eras known as the Northern Song and the Southern Song. 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.