Why Did Art Flourish During The Tang Dynasty? | Raiders Of The Lost Art

[@MariaVosa]

Really love seeing more of non-Western art history as well - fascinating

[@lilyloveslife2737]

In the chambers of death... they found life!

[@juliaangelicaa5395]

China has such a rich and amazing history. Their art and architecture are equally exquisite! Thank you for imparting this ✌🏻 Hopefully, I get to visit China one day. - 🗽

[@D1it4FN]

Go with your eyes open. The fascinating and wonderful history of China is not the China of today. Today's China can be described with three words: The Two Michaels.

[@supremereader7614]

Thanks!

[@thecraftygalmartin1941]

I am a huge fan of Waldemar's productions and manner to bring art so very close and in such an entertaining manner. DANKESCHÖN, MERCI, TAK, GRACIAS, THANK YOU Waldemar

[@Seniman3]

Agreed! And 'Terima kasih banyak' from Jakarta, Indonesia 👊🏼

[@fiorenzaattanasio4796]

I love all your videos. Thank you ever soooo much. 🇨🇦

[@Jamerton1]

Love this. Incredible free knowledge. Thank you.

[@freddieguillemard5994]

Beautiful and fascinating, what a great Dynasty

[@soniaxv]

Watching this episode as a Xianese when this once beautiful city is under lockdown…….mixed feelings

[@RichMitch]

Love Chinese history

[@carolmiller5713]

If you haven't read The History of Salt you might enjoy - it begins in 8000 BC China.

[@RichMitch]

@@carolmiller5713 thank you muchly!

[@juliancoulden1753]

Wow! Fascinating, thank you so much.

[@Badgersj]

Magnificent!

[@rubberbrush]

Waldy! Love you, dude!

[@cruisepaige]

Thank you again Waldy!!!

[@bonitacurtis8053]

Wonderful archeological finds.

[@carolmiller5713]

Juet read The History of Salt that begins in 8000 BC China. and how salt was a main economic generator for trade routes like the Silk Road. This is a wonderfully made production.

[@joanhuffman2166]

Which history of Salt did you read?

[@darrellkr]

I love this channel, thank you!

[@Tmanaz480]

I finally get to hear Valdemar pronounce his surname. Thanks.

[@annasarna9750]

Love it! 💖

[@chitru1983]

We need a whole episode on Wu Zetian. I read she is one of the most misunderstood personalities in Chinese history.

[@davegreen9155]

It's 2022. .Ive stopped adkibg WHEN art began to flourish...I just pray it continues to do so....WHEREVER it finds itself😎❤

[@notme5309]

new doc who dis

[@anjelitamalik9763]

Wasn't the Tang capital Chang'an? It may be located in Xi'an, but it was called differently.

[@fridgemagnet]

the delicious orange flavour drink is their lasting legacy !

[@questartstudio9526]

how is it that this just came out yesterday? I deff just watched this entire video last week I'm so confused??? was this video reuploaded?

[@lesleyhawes6895]

I've been to Xian, but of course, being a western tourist, there was little time to explore the First emperor's wonderful terra-cotta army, let alone understand the significance of the Tang, or the Han, or even the Silk Road to the city. Mind you, standing on the walls near the Southern gate it was fairly obvious that there had been a lot of alterations over the centuries; unless they were able to predict the development of six lane dual carriageways. I wish I'd seen this before I went, super interesting, and full of stuff I need to look into more closely!

[@lesleyhawes6895]

Oh, and if you do go to China and are interested in Chinese art, don't miss the Shanghai museum!

[@korming]

This doc keeps showing portraits from totally different dynasties that are separated from the Tang by many centuries when mentioning rulers.

[@Orgoster]

cool sweet

[@lazandsen]

I have seen a clip on KZbin of western tourists in Xi An a few years ago. They went around the city dressed up in ancient Chinese costumes. It really lives up to its name because of the ancient Silk Road. During the Western Han, Sui and Tang dynasties imperial families had very mixed blood because of peace marriages. Even Emperor Gao Zong was only 25% Han Chinese.

[@Exodus26.13Pi]

Editor, please consider turning down music. Hard to hear sometimes.

[@ogathingo8885]

When you have well developed economy, average citizens can earn a living, when they work hard and above all the rulers are open minded and welcomes highly skilled craftsmen and scholars from different countries, than such magnificent civilizations can rise…

[@davib8963]

Recently I clicked on a video called "the greatest pianist" about Liszt. On your channel here. Curiously, I was told that the video was not made available by the uploader to be watched in my country. Is Canada on your blacklist for some reason? 1: I can not see this video listed in your video list anywhere. 2: why is youtube even recommending videos to me that it doesn't have the right to show me? What is going on with this channel - or even this website?

[@D1it4FN]

I'm in Canada and I'm able to view the video.

[@davib8963]

@@D1it4FN I am able to see it now as well. I think for the first day or so that it was up there was some issue.

[@brindade2004]

But this video was already posted earlier on this channel.

[@asspartacus]

Within the Tang imperial family, the mother line had some blood of Xianbei ethnics, which is undeniable. As the went by, the majority of Xianbei People were sinicized and became a part of Han Chinese during North Wei, Sui, and Tang Dynasty, and they disappeared in the history in the end. Stop saying "they were Turkic", which is quite misleading and unreal.

[@yuliusjrt9917]

Exactly, the Xianbei family which married into the imperial one was already totally sinicized

[@annwilliams6438]

I though he said they ‘spoke’ a Turkic language….

[@維天有漢-s9q]

​@@annwilliams6438 並不是，唐朝的通用語言是雅言（古代漢語）看下唐朝時期的詩詞就知道了。No, the common language of the Tang Dynasty was Yayan (ancient Chinese). Just look at the poems of the Tang Dynasty.

[@維天有漢-s9q]

@@annwilliams6438 This channel is sending too much misleading information

[@yuliusjrt9917]

@@annwilliams6438 they literally didn’t. This doc is just total bullshit.

[@matthewmann8969]

Very

[@doeweiss1]

Interesting, but not what the title promised. I was hoping for a more explicit discussion of the why, not just the what - for example, within the larger context of Chinese art history.

[@annemiura7767]

Art history is so interesting as this series- Perspective- would be too if only they had decent presenters.

[@carolmiller5713]

Really? I've found all the presenters very well informed, factual and the information is very well produced, as always, on Perspective.

[@annwilliams6438]

@@carolmiller5713 Yup. There will always be someone whinging… (note that they don’t give any specifics, nor do they give reasons, nor alternatives)

[@leonal522]

The pronunciation of the two Chinese "talking heads" is world-beating... I think it's on purpose. Those two are carefully selected to disgust the audience. You don't see any pride in their eyes when presenting their own culture and history. It's the Brit's way to trample a culture that they dislike and envy deep in their heart in a very subtle way.

[@jieliu1147]

16:56 who is this guy?清高宗乾隆？

[@MeiinUK]

No. They are saying that the "Li" family is part of this chinese-muslim Empire period, which controlled Xian. Because of the trade routes. What you guys inside China, has NOT been taught is that, there was actually TWO other "empires" that ran at the same time. 1) is called Mughal Empire (chinese-muslim/mongolian/Gengkia khan), the 2) is called the Ottoman Empire.... And there are overlaps with trades, and part of the Silk Road, which entered the current PRC region.... And this is how they slowly got integrated into the modern PRC. THIS kind of thing, is WHAT ROC, and what Taiwan is fighting about ??

[@joshyeo33]

​@MeiinUK wtf are you babbling about, mughal and Ottoman was 300 years after tang. The commenter is referring to the painting which is Qing dynasty, 700 years after Tang.

[@maximme]

which emperor would take a second hand concubine ???

[@維天有漢-s9q]

事實上唐朝皇室是漢人政權，唐太宗李世民的祖上是老子李耳（漢人），唐朝初期时有名影響力很大的和尚妄稱唐朝皇室祖先是鮮卑，結果唐太宗聽到後大怒，隨後就下令派人把那名造謠唐太宗祖上血統的和尚關去了牢獄。但不可否認的是，唐朝皇室的母系確實有一點鮮卑血統，但唐朝皇室一直以來都是以漢人的身份自居的。自從北魏孝文帝執行漢化政策以來，到了隋唐時鮮卑人基本早已被徹底漢化了。 So Stop saying "they were Turkic", which is quite misleading and unreal.

[@leonal522]

The presentation of the two Chinese "talking heads" is world-beating... I think it's on purpose. Those two are carefully selected to disgust the audience. You don't see any pride in their eyes when presenting their own culture and history. It's the Brit's way to trample a culture that they dislike and envy deep in their heart in a very subtle way.

[@datamagic7214]

李家是关陇世家，关东军事集团

[@維天有漢-s9q]

@@datamagic7214 是的，关陇李氏是漢-胡混杂门阀，但李世民父系是漢，而且李世民也一直以漢皇自居

[@joseffinat966]

Is het Fitz W ? ( nou ja het is een gokje 😅)

[@kengsenchong4010]

I watched this with much expectations because of the title..jes wondering if it's not a click bait? or.........

[@Thestephouse1]

👍❤

[@JOHN----DOE]

Wu Zetian, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, Victoria . . . funny how the eras of greatest flourishing were under woman rulers.

[@kong4965]

It is a joke mixing photo of Qing dynasty emperor with Tang Dynasty!!!!!

[@sunboy798]

They did that on purpose, as always!

[@joseffinat966]

Op zich maakt het mij niets uit waar hij is geboren desnoods Timboektoe zijn naam is Kuifje 😅

[@Wayzor_]

Big fan of the Poon Tang Dynasty.

[@SandyRiverBlue]

What an odd way of describing it. 300 years of civil war? You mean 300 years of war. These were all different countries with differing cultures that often spoke different languages or dialects.

[@和小0965]

喜歡這不是商業目的就是簡單的分享一下囉囉嗦，我是一個才疏鬆淺的同學，也不花錢的，一起來分享一下囉囉囉嗦啦

[@和小0965]

謝謝囉嗦了一下起來了就可以機會獲得最佳learn something from what we know,大家都很需要較容易的學習法，一起來加入最便宜好康的方式分享一下囉

[@tombarlow6076]

Very good and beautiful artistic heritage. The ending is incorrect however. Today Xi Jinping is NOT a dynasty and we do not know how history will judge this period. In fact, Chinese artists today imitate Western art traditions; and government is authoritarianism which experts believe is bad.

[@OstblockLatina]

The status of women depicted on the murals and wall paintings, which show the aristocrats, nobility, rich and powerful or the emperor's courtesans and ladies in waiting of the imperial court doesn't tell us ANYTHING about status of women in the remaining population. The fates and rights and life possibilities of the former and the latter used to be, more often than not, as different as night and day all around the world at all times and historical periods. Drawing conclusions from what we see in those images and applying them to the ordinary women is like taking the example of i.e. Kim Kardashian, Madonna, Princess Kate or Angela Merkel and assuming Indian peasants, African herders, Chinese sweatshop workers, Philippino maids in UAE or Afghan child brides enjoy the same degree of freedom, the same amount of rights and privileges as them. And another difference being, that the high-status Tang or other dynasty's women was acquired by them solely on the right of birth or the reflexion of the status of their fathers, husbands or owners who kept them as courtesans, while any talents or abilities of those womens might have been gifted with remained ignored, unused or even thwarted in order to not allow them to threaten the delicate pride and self-confidence of men fearing of discovering any woman to be better than them at something. Unlike the talents of men who were allowed and encouraged to develop and put them to use and to advance their careers thanks to their competences, no matter in what social caste they were born.

[@eileengoldenberg270]

It could have been women who painted them!!!

[@qarljohnson4971]

I'm disappointed that this doc was only presented by Waldemar Januszczak. Even if East Asian art isn't his "wheel house", I believe Januszczak could have put together a superior presentation through consulting other Eastern art history experts. The actual narrator has both a tedious voice and even more boring text, to give a rather weak presentation of this astonishing brilliant artistic period of the longest continuous civilization in human history.

[@sampuatisamuel9785]

Qart Johnson Stop being a troll

[@senau4351]

Agreed - Januszczak's style of narration is captivating, hopefully we'll see more from him!

[@leonal522]

I think it's on purpose. The presentation of the two Chinese "talking heads" is world-beating... Those two are carefully selected to disgust the audience. You don't see any pride in their eyes when presenting their own culture and history. It's the Brit's way to trample a culture that they dislike and envy deep in their heart in a very subtle way.

[@hymgg]

曾經海納百川的大唐，和此處錙銖必較的氣勢，顯然不是同宗同源。可惜了，好不容易傳承了幾千年

[@lesleyhawes6895]

Cobblers!

[@gerhardrohne2261]

the english pronunciation of the two chinese "talking heads" is world- beating...

[@leonal522]

I think it's on purpose. Those two are carefully selected to disgust the audience. You don't see any pride in their eyes when presenting their own culture and history. It's the Brit's way to trample a culture that they dislike and envy deep in their heart in a very subtle way.

[@onurozdemir3656]

They were Turkish Nomads, who changed and civilised Chinese then...

[@robertgiles9124]

Don't be silly.

[@onurozdemir3656]

@@robertgiles9124 Did you actually watch the documentary?? Listen to it carefully baby, especially the part where it discusses Tang family's origins!!!

[@yuliusjrt9917]

Lol 1/16th Chinese xianbei and all of a sudden tang is Turkic. Ok lol, modu chanyu is a Chinese emperor then. Also, I doubt the people who spent 1000 years running around plains in animal scraps ‘civilized’ anyone. This doc is misleading on purpose

[@維天有漢-s9q]

事實上唐朝皇室是漢人政權，唐太宗李世民的祖上是老子李耳（漢人），唐朝初期时有名影響力很大的和尚妄稱唐朝皇室祖先是鮮卑，結果唐太宗聽到後大怒，隨後就下令派人把那名造謠唐太宗祖上血統的和尚關去了牢獄。但不可否認的是，唐朝皇室的母系確實有一點鮮卑血統，但唐朝皇室一直以來都是以漢人的身份自居的。自從北魏孝文帝執行漢化政策以來，到了隋唐時鮮卑人基本早已被徹底漢化了。 So Stop saying "they were Turkic", which is quite misleading and unreal.

[@timdove5717]

Lmao A Chinese emperor married a minority’s women, so tang is a Turkish regime?what a joke. Can u find any similarities between Chinese and Turkish cultures?

[@StephenMortimer]

The Tang were TURKIC ??

[@humanitiesprofessor1912]

Yep. The Li family's roots were in northwestern China.

[@StephenMortimer]

@@humanitiesprofessor1912 Uighurs ??

[@Dominicn123]

this blows my mind...not as insane as mongol or manchurian but still lol

[@kyarden7971]

Tang was the name of the dynasty. The ruling family was the House of Li and it was of Chinese origin. It was prominent for at least 200 years before the founding of the Tang dynasty. This being said, the founding emperor Gaozu (person name Li Yuan) had a Xianbei ancestry through his mother Lady Dugu, Princess Xiangyang. During the Tang dynasty, Li family claimed descend from the great philosopher Laozi (it is said that his personal name was Li Dan). They certainly were not of of Uyghur descend, since during the Tang dynasty Uyghurs started to form as a different group of people. By the way, Uyghur was not used before the 19th century to refer to them. Several KZbin channels specialising in Chinese history have made videos about the Li family - you can check the series about the founding of the Tang dynasty by the channel "Cool History Bros" - they used primary Chinese sources about it and it is very insightful.

[@MariaVosa]

Not quite - they were speaking a language belonging to the Turkic language family.