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Tang Dynasty Caligraphy

Huaisu (735? - 800? AD), Autobiographical Essay

Zhang Xu (active 710-750 AD) was said to be the originator of the wild cursive script.

Emperor Sima Yan

Zhang Xu (active 710-750), Four Letters on ancient poems, written in wild cursive script, detail

Scroll of the Royal Carriage--Yan Liben

Ceremony

(mural)

Beauties

wearing

flowers

Court Ladies Preparing Silk--Zhang Xuan

Beauty

Playing

Chess

Shi Weize, Memorial inscription, 736 AD, detail

Zhang Xu (active 710-750), Four Letters on ancient poems, written in wild cursive script, detail

Dancer

Ouyang Xun (557-641 AD), Letter

Li Shimin (Tang Taizong, r. 626-649 AD), Encomium on the Warm Springs (628 AD)

Chu Suiliang (596-658 AD), Memorial for Meng Fashi (642 AD)

Han Gan

White Horse-8th c.

Han Gan

Walking the Horse-8th c.

Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/contents.htm

Classic Chinese Paintings

http://www.chinapage.com/paint1.html

Paintings of the Sui and Tang Dynasties

http://www.xabusiness.com/china-resources/sui-tang-chinese-paintings.htm