Architecture in Song Artwork
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Detail of a mountain temple, from a vertical scroll landscape painting by Li Cheng (c. 919–967)
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Games in the Jinming Pool, a painting by Zhang Zeduan depicting Kaifeng, the Northern Song capital.
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A Kaifeng palace rooftop visited by cranes, by Emperor Huizong of Song (r. 1100–1126)
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Expecting Guests, by Ma Lin, c. 1250.
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Northern Song era water-powered grain mill
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Interior design of Su Song's clocktower, from his book of 1092
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Detail of a teahouse from Along the River During Qingming Festival by Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145)
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From the same painting by Zhang Zeduan: a wider scene of urban buildings with a large gatehouse to the right
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