Episodes

  • Ep20 Loose Ends

    Ep20 Loose Ends
    Dec 14 2020

    Highlighting some of the amazing achievements and highlights of the Tang Dynasty, and considering its eventual decline and fall.
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    13 mins
  • Ep19 Tang City Life

    Ep19 Tang City Life
    Dec 10 2020

    The home of the Tang – the great city of Chang’an, and how it helped the Tang become so prosperous.
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    13 mins
  • Ep18 Portraits of Landscapes

    Ep18 Portraits of Landscapes
    Dec 7 2020

    Surveying the landscape of the Tang Dynasty, to discover how its artists charted the changes that they saw about them.
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    12 mins
  • Ep17 Painting the Tang

    Ep17 Painting the Tang
    Dec 3 2020

    The Tang preference for realism in their paintings.
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    13 mins
  • Ep16 The Calligraphic Stars of the Tang

    Ep16 The Calligraphic Stars of the Tang
    Nov 30 2020

    A look at the amazing calligraphy of the Tang which is seen as a highlight of this fabulous dynasty.
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    13 mins
  • Ep15 The Rise and Rise of Buddhism in Tang China

    Ep15 The Rise and Rise of Buddhism in Tang China
    Nov 26 2020

    The role of Buddhism on the development of China during the Tang Dynasty, and the key figures who raised this religion to new heights.
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    12 mins
  • Ep14 Tang Music Turns Inwards

    Ep14 Tang Music Turns Inwards
    Nov 23 2020

    How the decline and eventual fall of the Dynasty was reflected in its music.
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    13 mins
  • Ep13 Tang Music in Action

    Ep13 Tang Music in Action
    Nov 19 2020

    How guiding imperial hands can influence the development of the arts for generations to come.
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    13 mins