While the Southern Song dynasty ruled in the south of China, the Jin dynasty of the Jurchens, a nomadic people, ruled in the north. Chinese artists working under the Jin mostly continued Northern Song traditions, out of touch with new developments in the south. This first part of lecture 12 is devoted to some of their paintings.
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Castleton Festival Opera resident director William Kerley talks about
Benjamin Britten's "Rape of Lucretia" and "Albert Herring". Cal
Performances presents the West Coast debut of conductor Lorin Maazel's
opera company in these two fully-staged chamber operas March 24-27, 2011,
at Zellerbach Hall.