What Characterizes the Northern Song Court Style of Painting Under

question 24

Multiple Choice

What characterizes the Northern Song court style of painting under Emperor Huizong?

• A) a melding of Buddhist and Daoist ideas through a complex iconography
• B) precise, exquisitely detailed paintings of a variety of subjects
• C) simplified forms, stark contrasts of light and dark, asymmetry and empty spaces
• D) extensive copying of paintings from the Sui and Tang dynasties

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