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

In the 1960s, archaeologists working in China made an extraordinary discovery. They unsealed the twelve-hundred-year-old tomb of a princess. Its walls were covered in magnificent murals - an unprecedented glimpse into life during the Tang dynasty. This documentary tells the fascinating story of the...

43 min - Art, Music & Design - Perspective

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