What We Are Reading Today: ‘Rethinking the Tenth Century’ by Wu Hung

In the standard narrative of Chinese painting, the half century spanning the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907–960 CE) is often considered a transitional period between the art of the Tang and Northern Song dynasties. In this beautifully illustrated book, acclaimed art historian Wu Hung draws on new archaeological evidence and research methods to challenge this perspective, identifying a considerably broader period in which Chinese painting evolved in significant ways. From the late ninth to

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