
eLibrary: Northern Song and Yuan Dynasty Art
Genghis Khan, first conquered the Jin Dynasty. Then, Kublai Khan, captured and ruled China as the Yuan Dynasty. This period saw significant cultural exchange and economic expansion but also pestilence, famine and revolt.
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Articles
Atwood, C.P., 2016. Buddhists as Natives: Changing Positions in the Religious Ecology of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty. In The Middle Kingdom and the Dharma Wheel (pp. 278-321). Brill. [pdf]
Augustin, B., 2012. Modern Views on Old Histories: Zhang Yu's and Huang Gongwang's Encounter with Qian Xuan. Arts Asiatiques, pp.63-76. [article]
Brose, M.C., 2016. China, imperial: 6. Yuan dynasty period, 1279–1368. The Encyclopedia of Empire, pp.1-6. [pdf]
Chen, M., 2020, March. Reflections on the Changes of Court Painting and Painting Mounting of Song and Yuan Dynasties. In 4th International Conference on Culture, Education and Economic Development of Modern Society (ICCESE 2020) (pp. 198-201). Atlantis Press. [pdf download]
Duan, L., 2018. Semiosphere and Solitary World: A semiotic study of Chinese landscape painting. Chinese Semiotic Studies, 14(4), pp.455-479. [pdf]
Fiaschetti, F., 2014. The Borders of Rebellion: The Yuan Dynasty and the Rhetoric of Empire. Francesca Fiaschetti, Julia Schneider (a cura di), Political Strategies of Identity Building in non-Han empires in China. [pdf]
Jiang, L., 2019, April. Introspecting to the Modernity of Zen and the Characters of Literati Paintings in Yuan Dynasty. In 3rd International Conference on Culture, Education and Economic Development of Modern Society (ICCESE 2019) (pp. 66-71). Atlantis Press. [pdf download]
Li, J., 1998. Ni Zan and his associates (Doctoral dissertation, University of British Columbia). [pdf download]
Li, H., 2018, December. Wondering with Things and Minds Talking About the Zhao Mengfu’s “Quehua Qiuse Tu”. In 2nd International Conference on Art Studies: Science, Experience, Education (ICASSEE 2018) (pp. 82-86). Atlantis Press. [pdf download]
Liu, Z., 2023. Transforming Inner Alchemical Vision into Painting: Huang Gongwang’s Clearing after Sudden Snow. Religions, 14(7), p.861. [pdf download]
Masaki, M., 2010. The Interests of the Rulers, Agents and Merchants behind the Southward Expansion of the Yuan Dynasty. Journal of the Turfan Studies. [pdf]
McCausland, S., 2011. Zhao Mengfu. Calligraphy and Painting for Khubilai’s China. [pdf]
McCausland, S., 2022. The Art History and Material Culture of the Yuan Empire. In The Mongol World (pp. 534-559). Routledge. [pdf]
Pang, H., 2009. Strange Weather: Art, Politics, and Climate Change at the Court of Northern Song Emperor Huizong. Journal of Song-Yuan Studies, (39), pp.1-41. [pdf]
Pang, X., 2023. Calligraphic Techniques in Painting: The Aesthetic Expression and Literary Significance of “Writing” in Ni Zan’s Paintings. [pdf]
Shayestehfar, M., Khazaie, R. and Khazaie, E., 2021. Landscape representation in the Chinese and Persian paintings (Yuan-Song/Īl-Khānid Mongols Eras). PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology, 18(4), pp.4082-4107. [pdf download]
Wang, J., 2018. The Collapse of Yuan Dynasty from the Drinking Habit of the Mongolian. [pdf]
Wang, Y., 2016. Space, movement and Chinese handscroll–reading Xia Gui and Huang Gongwang (Doctoral dissertation). [pdf]
Watt, J.C., 2010. The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty. Metropolitan Museum of Art. [book]
Wu, X., 2018, January. Painting Aesthetics and Educational Enlightenment of Ren Renfa in Yuan Dynasty. In 2017 7th International Conference on Social science and Education Research (SSER2017) (pp. 44-47). Atlantis Press. [pdf download]
Xiaofei, Z., 2023. Yuan Dynasty Religious Art View. Art and Performance Letters, 4(4), pp.1-8. [pdf]
Xu, H. and Xuanjun, Y., 2022. The Landscape of Literati Interaction in the Late Yuan Dynasty: Analysis of Social Network Based on Yushan Yaji. Libraly Journal, 41(8), p.84. [pdf download]
Yu, Q., 2010. Self-awareness of Cultural Spirit in a Boundary Situation-On Style and Peculiarity of Yuan-Dynasty Painting Arts. Asian Culture and History, 2(2), p.104. [pdf]
Zhang, Y., 2017. The Perfect Trinity of Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting as a Neo-Classicist Paradigm in Zhao Mengfu: the Three Aspects of Zhao Meng-Fu's Thought on Literature and Art. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 37(3), pp.44-52. [pdf]
Zhi’an, L., 2006. On official corruption in the Yuan dynasty. Frontiers of History in China, 1(3), pp.375-406. [subscription needed]
Videos
Landscape Reunited – Huang Gongwang and “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains” (National palace Museum) 12mins
The Rise Of The Yuan Dynasty – Mongol Conquest Of China (History of China) 25 mins
The World of Khubilai Khan: A Revolution in Painting (The Met) 50 mins
Literati Painters of Northern Song (U. Berkley Events) 106 mins