Episode 2
Andrew Graham-Dixon looks at the period from the 10th to the 15th centuries - from the Song to the Ming Dynasties - which encompassed the golden age of art in China.
Andrew Graham-Dixon travels to the Yellow mountains in southern China to understand the power of Chinese landscape painting. The period from the 10th to the 15th centuries - from the Song to the Ming dynasties - was the golden age of art in China. Andrew discovers an emperor so in love with art and beauty that he neglected to rule his country and scholar artists who fled the Mongol invasion to immerse themselves in nature, combining wondrous landscape painting and calligraphy. While Europe was still in the Dark Ages, Chinese art was being reborn.
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"I've been to some wonderful places, but nowhere as dramatic and surprising as China."
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Ni Zan's Six Gentlemen
Duration: 04:30
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Andrew Graham-Dixon |
| Writer | Andrew Graham-Dixon |
| Producer | John Hayes Fisher |
| Director | John Hayes Fisher |
| Production Company | Renegade Pictures |
Broadcasts
- Wed 6 Aug 2014 21:00
- Thu 7 Aug 2014 03:00
- Mon 11 Aug 2014 22:00
- Fri 29 May 2015 00:40
- Tue 7 Mar 2017 00:50
- Wed 6 Jun 2018 01:00
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