Website: The Song Dynasty in China - http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/ (click  on the links in the categories of Economic Revolution, Technology,  Cities, Confucianism, and Outside World, at the top of the webpage)

Website: Song Dynasty Art (960-1279), History, Types and Characteristics - http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/east-asian-art/song-dynasty.htm

Considering artistic style and subject  matter, what insights do the paintings give you into the concerns,  hopes, and preoccupations of Song China during the Northern and Southern  dynasties? What do you find most striking about each painting? Why?  What might be limits to using art to understand the concerns, hopes, and  preoccupations of a society? Analyze one pictorial image from the  Northern Song and the Southern Song dynasties below to answer these  questions about the primary sources.