Sui+and+Tang+Dynasties

=Sui and Tang Dynasties=

581 - 907
During the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907), painting developed exponentially. Figure painting reaches its height, and landscape paintings, especially //shanshui// ("mountain water"), begin to develop. Taoism had a large impact on the culture of the Tang Dynasty because the Tang emperors claimed that Laozi, the founder of Taoism, was one of their ancestors.

Woodblock printing became more popular, and prints are found in Buddhist texts.

Formats for painting expanded to include horizontal hand scrolls, vertical hanging scrolls, album leafs, and fans.