Architecture of The Song Dynasty - Architecture in Song Artwork

Architecture in Song Artwork

  • Detail of a mountain temple, from a vertical scroll landscape painting by Li Cheng (c. 919–967)

  • Games in the Jinming Pool, a painting by Zhang Zeduan depicting Kaifeng, the Northern Song capital.

  • A Kaifeng palace rooftop visited by cranes, by Emperor Huizong of Song (r. 1100–1126)

  • Expecting Guests, by Ma Lin, c. 1250.

  • Northern Song era water-powered grain mill

  • Interior design of Su Song's clocktower, from his book of 1092

  • Detail of a teahouse from Along the River During Qingming Festival by Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145)

  • From the same painting by Zhang Zeduan: a wider scene of urban buildings with a large gatehouse to the right

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