Why We Love the Tang Dynasty

Highlighting some of the amazing achievements and highlights of the Tang Dynasty, and considering its eventual decline and fall.

The home of the Tang – the great city of Chang’an, and how it helped the Tang become so prosperous.

Surveying the landscape of the Tang Dynasty, to discover how its artists charted the changes that they saw about them.

The Tang preference for realism in their paintings.

A look at the amazing calligraphy of the Tang which is seen as a highlight of this fabulous dynasty.

The role of Buddhism on the development of China during the Tang Dynasty, and the key figures who raised this religion to new heights.

How the decline and eventual fall of the Dynasty was reflected in its music.

How guiding imperial hands can influence the development of the arts for generations to come.

The changing musical tastes of the Tang Dynasty, which at one point would have put Hollywood musicals to shame.

Understanding the lives of the Tang poets great and small, and learning how life was not always glamorous and successful.