Chinese Art History Resources: Song Dynasty

Liao Dynasty916 - 1125
Northern Song960 - 1126
Southern Song1127 - 1279
Jin Dynasty1115 - 1234

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Web Resources - Song Dynasty - General History
EMuseum: The Northern and Southern Song Dynasties. Minnesota State University
Song Dynasty. Leon Poon, compiled from Army Area Handbook
Song Dynasty. Ulrich Theobald
Song Dynasty and Neo-Confucianism. Sanderson Beck
Song Military Technology. Patricia Buckley Ebrey
The Song Dynasty. Gregory James Smits, Pennsylvania State University
The Song Dynasty in China. East Asian Curriculum Project, Columbia University
The Song, Liao, and Jin. TravelChinaGuide.com
The Sung. Richard Hooker, Washington State University

Web Resources - Song Dynasty - Art History
Art of China Review Slides. An-Yi Pan, Cornell University
The Beauty of Chun Ware. National Palace Museum, Taiwan
Ceramics of the Song and Jin Periods. Asia Society
Five Dynasties, Liao, and Song Dynasty. Julia Murray, University of Wisconsin
Song Ceramics. Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Song Dynasty Objects. Tokyo National Museum
Song Dynasty Search Results. The British Museum
Song Dynasty Search Results. Freer and Sackler Galleries
Song Landscapes. National Palace Museum, Taiwan
Song Paintings. Patricia Buckley Ebrey
Song Pottery. The Palace Museum, Beijing

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1. Liao Dynasty
Gilded Comb 10c Phoenix 10-11c Luohan 10-13c Guanyin 11-12c Dish
Ewer 10-11c Woman's Robe

2. Northern Song Ceramics
Plate 10-12c Bowl c.1100 Bowl 11-e12c Bowl 12c Bowl e12c Bowl 1066
Dish 11-12c Jar 11-12c Lacquer Alms Bowl 1100 Tea Bowl 10-13c Ewer 10-11c Ewer 11c
Ewer 11-12c Ewer 10-11c Ceremonial Bowl 11c Bottle 12c Flask 11-12c Bottle c. 1100
Headrest 11-12c Headrest c.1100 Headrest 11-12c Brushwasher 10-12c Brushwasher e12c

3. Northern Song Sculpture
Guanyin 10-11c Guanyin 1101-1127 Guanyin 12c Guanyin 12c

4. Northern Song Paintings
Sitting Alone...
Fan K'uan c.1000
Travellers...
Fan K'uan c.1000
Early Spring
Kuo Hsi 1072
Gibbons...
10-13c
Parakeet
Huizong 1110-19
Court Ladies... Huizong e12c Children...
Su Han-ch'en 12c
Nomads...
11-12c

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[last updated October 5, 2005]


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