Tang Dynasty Chinese Art
618-907 AD

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T'ang Dynasty cups (Musee Guimet, Paris)

In the T'ang Dynasty, plain white porcelain pottery first begins to appear, like these cups and these bowls.But there were still other styles of pottery as well.

T'ang Dynasty clay camel, ca. 650 AD
(Musee Guimet, Paris)

There are also a lot of small clay sculptures like this one of a camel and another of a man riding a horse.

To find out more about Tang Dynasty art, check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:

The British Museum Book of Chinese Art, by Jessica Rawson and others (1996). Rawson is a curator at the British Museum, and she uses the collection of the British Museum to illustrate this book. Library Journal calls it "easily the best introductory overview of Chinese art to appear in years".

Art in China (Oxford History of Art Series), by Craig Clunas (1997). Not specifically for kids, but a good introduction to the spirit of Chinese art. Warning: this one is not arranged in chronological order. Instead, it has chapters on sculpture, calligraphy, and so on.

Arts of the Tang Court, by Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky (1996). A brief introduction.

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