712 – 756) concubine Yang Guifei and the near-destruction of the Tang dynasty by An Lushan ... seem to suggest that “everything that represents the great tradition of landscape painting in China for ...

Remarkable auctions are shaped by remarkable collections, and Heritage’s September 24 Fine & Decorative Asian Art Signature® Auction is made up of works from more than a dozen distinguished U.S.-based ...

Candi Muarajambi is one of the largest Buddhist temple compounds in the world. Built by a former civilization, the complex continues to intrigue scholars from various disciplines.

The Tang cave painters ... the imaginative landscape come alive. The Middle Kingdom would later turn inward, finally shutting itself off from the world during the Ming dynasty in the 14th century.

Since the Southern Song Dynasty (thirteenth century ... as expounded by writers and scholars in Tang and Song Dynasties. The landscape of West Lake had a profound impact on the design of gardens not ...

LEEUWARDEN, Netherlands — The exhibition Wu Zetian: The Only Female Emperor of China debuted on Oct 25 at the Princessehof ...

Over the next several centuries, the importance of Chinese lanterns only grew, and during the Tang dynasty (618 to 907 AD), ...

Book: 17 x 13 in. (43.2 x 33 cm.) Michael Kenna's platinum prints capturing Huangshan, a mountain range in Eastern China, are presented alongside forty poems from the Tang Dynasty, known as the Golden ...

A cosmopolitan empire: the Tang dynasty; 6. Shifting south: the Song dynasty (landscape painting); 7. Alien rule: the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties (drama and the performing arts); 8. The limits of ...

The pagoda was built at the end of the Tang Dynasty in commemoration of a Sizhou ... built for people to go to the top and enjoy the landscape of Huizhou. The octagonal, seven-storey brick pagoda ...

Understanding how much money exists globally is a complex task. Money comes in various forms and is measured in different ...

The range of products was extensive, their ingredients diverse, and the economic landscape surrounding ... between the types of cosmetics in the Tang dynasty and those we have today," said Wu ...