Download or read book Poetry and Painting in Song China written by Alfreda Murck and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Song dynasty (960-1278), some of China's elite found an elegant and subtle means of dissent: landscape painting. By examining literary archetypes, painting titles, contemporary inscriptions and the historical context, Murck shows that certain paintings expressed strong political opinions - some transparent, others deliberately concealed.