eLibrary: Tang Dynasty China Art (618-907)

The Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) was a golden age of Chinese art, marked by flourishing painting, ceramics, and sculpture, reflecting a cosmopolitan culture and innovative artistic achievements.

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Articles

Berkel, M.A.C van The changing portrayal of Yang Guifei’s beauty An analysis of female beauty ideals and the male gaze as reflected in the portrayal of Yang Guifei in Chinese literature from the Tang to the Qing dynasty MA Thesis Leiden, 2007. 48pp. [pdf]

Beauchamp, F. Tang Dynasty Revolution and Poetry. Education about Asia, 14(1).2009 [pdf]

Chamney, L. The An Shi Rebellion and Rejection of the Other in Tang China, 618-763. 2012 [pdf]

Chen, B.Y. Dressing for the Times: Fashion in Tang Dynasty China (618-907), PhD thesis Columbia, 2013 [pdf download]

Chunnu, W.M. and Boyce, T.D., 2. Southern Perils: Chinese Views of Their Southern Territories during the Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE). [pdf]

Fortenberry, K.S. Finding Fault: Earthquakes during the Reign of Tang Dezong (785-805), MA Thesis Univ Oregon, 2014 [pdf]

Ho, N. Understanding Traditional Chinese Law in Practice: The Implementation of Criminal Law in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal, 2015. 32, p.2. [pdf]

Hou, S., 2023. An Analysis of The Artistic Features and Cultural Connotation of The Bronze Mirror Decoration in Tang Dynasty: Taking the Grape Mirror of Sea Beast as an example. International Journal of Education and Humanities, 7(3), 2023, 48-53. [pdf download]

Howard, A. Politics, Philosophy, and Patriarchy in the Reign of Empress Wu: Analysis of Tang Dynasty Religious and Gender Imagery in Elite-Sponsored Buddhist Caves at Mogao Grottoes, China, BA Thesis, Univ Colorado, 2021. [pdf download]

Jiang, Y., ‘Analysis of the Temple Economy in the Tang Dynasty and the Thinking of the “Commercialization” of Buddhist Temples’, Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 631, 2021, 474-478. [pdf download]

Kay, T.Y., A Cultural Reflection: The Auspicious Sign in Miscellaneous Notes of the Tang Dynasty (618-907).2016. [pdf]

Kieser, A., 2015. A” Golden Age” Just for the Living? Silver Vessels in Tang Dynasty Tombs. Tang Studies, 33(1), pp.62-90. [pdf]

Kohn, L. Chapter Thirteen Daoism in the Tang (618-907) Livia Kohn and Russell Kirkland. Daoism Handbook, 2000.14, p.339. [book]

Kotyk, J. Buddhist Astrology And Astral Magic In The Tang Dynasty, PhD Thesis, Leiden, 2017 [website]

Li, W., Lu, X., Luo, H., Sun, X., Liu, L., Zhao, Z. and Guo. A landmark in the history of Chinese ceramics: the invention of blue-and-white porcelain in the tang dynasty (618–907 AD). STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research, 3(2), 2017.  pp.358-365. [pdf]

Liu, C.H.J.. Ritual concepts and political factors in the making of Tang Dynasty princess tombs (643-706 AD). PhD Thesis SOAS London, 2005. 354pp [pdf preview]

Lockard, C.. Tang Civilization and the Chinese Centuries. Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, 1(10).2000 [pdf]

Mackerras, C., 2004. Relations between the Uighurs and Tang China, 744-840. Journal of Turkic Civilization Studies, 1(1), pp.93-106. [pdf]

Monoto, K. Dressing as horsemen: the universalisation of steppe dress in the first half of Tang dynasty China (618-755), PhD Thesis Oxford, 2022. [pdf]

Pok, W.W. Emperors and Khans: Prolegomena to the Geo-Political History of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, MA Thesis Univ. Hawaii, 2017, 83pp [pdf]

Qin, B., 2020, September. The Ancestral Tomb Model in the Tomb System of Tang Dynasty. In The 2nd International Conference on Architecture: Heritage, Traditions and Innovations (AHTI 2020) (pp. 94-98). Atlantis Press. [pdf download]

SEO, T. The Printing Industry in Chang'an Eastern Market in the Tang Dynasty. Memoirs of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko, 61, 2003.  pp.1-42. [pdf download]

Song, T. and Wang, Y. Stone Inscriptions as Mirror Images: Historical Details of Tang Dynasty Buddhism in the Luoyang Region. Religions, 14(12), 2023. p.1493. [pdf download]

Tackett, N.O. The Transformation of Medieval Chinese Elites, 850-1000 CE (Doctoral dissertation, Columbia University).2006 [pdf]

Tien, D.W/.Discursive Resources and Collapsing Polarities: The Religious Thought of Tang Dynasty Scholar-Officials, PhD Thesis Univ. Michigan, 2009. 183pp [pdf]

Togan, I ‘Court Historiography in Early Tang China: Assigning a Place to History and Historians at the Palace’ Brill, 2024, 171-198 [pdf download]

Wang, E.Y.  Mirror, Moon, and Memory in Eighth-Century China: From Dragon Pond to Lunar Palace, Cleveland Studies in the History of Art, 2005, 26pp [pdf]

Wang, L.A. The Peak Time of Entertainment in China: A Study of the Jiaofang During the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2020 [book]

Wen, F., Wang, E.H. and Hout. Social mobility in the Tang Dynasty as the Imperial Examination rose and aristocratic family pedigree declined, 618–907 CE. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(4), p.e2305564121.2024 [pdf]

Wong, W.P. Emperors and Khans: Prolegomena to the Geo-Political History of the Founding of the Tang Dynasty (Doctoral dissertation).2017 [pdf]

Xin, Y., Feng, J., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Z., Wang, F., Zhu, J., Guo, R. and Wang, T. Scientific analyses of white porcelains unearthed in Xi’an (Tang Dynasty, AD 618–907). Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan, 132(3), 2024. pp.109-115. [pdf]

Yang, J. ‘Dispelling the Myth of the “Tang-Song Transition Theory”’, Journal of Chinese Humanities 6 (2020) 129-152 [pdf download]

Yang, S.Y., 2017. Letting the troops loose: pillage, massacres, and enslavement in early tang warfare. Journal of Chinese Military History, 6(1), pp.1-52. [pdf]

Yang, Y.. Death Ritual in the Tang Dynasty (618–907): A Study of Cultural Standardization and Variation in Medieval China. University of California, Berkeley.2019. [pdf]

Yingxu, L., The meaning of the picture in the copper mirror of the Tang dynasty. Grand Altai Research & Education, (2), 2018.125-127. [pdf download]

Zhao, D., Chen, Y., Xie, G., Ma, P., Wen, Y., Zhang, F., Wang, Y., Cui, Y. and Gao, S. A multidisciplinary study on the social customs of the Tang Empire in the Medieval Ages. Plos one, 18(7), p.e0288128. 2023. [pdf download]

Zhang, Y., Chen, L., Chen, H., Chu, J., Chang, B., Wang, Y. and Sun, G., 2023. Visual analysis of inscriptions in the Tang Dynasty: a case study on the calligraphy style of Wang Xizhi. Visual Intelligence, 1(1), p.8. [pdf download]

Videos

Trade in the Tang Dynasty | The Story of China. PBS LearningMedia. 5 mins

How did Tang Dynasty of China dominate East and Central Asia? Knowledgia. 10 mins

Women and Clothing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) | Episode 3 | Chinese Clothing Through the Ages. FJU Chinese Textiles and Clothing Culture Center. 10 mins