me painters with strict attempt. Calligraphy was still a stable art form, and in Yuan times, incorporated into landscape art. While these times were good, and the poor had enough to eat, the population was increasing rapidly. Art and literature were abundant in Lioa, Chin, and Yuan times, as society felt more free to express themselves and had the means to concentrate on art. In the Yuan times, urbanization did steady, but the population was already too high. Art and literature in Ming and Ching progressed along with the society and economy of the times, eventually slacking off by 1850. The government was trying to correct the mistakes of the last government and trying to reinstate certain ways. The arts and literature were not stimulated, and did not react, therefore, leveled out. That was the end of producing art in the same way ever again. After the Taiping rebellion, all aspects of Chinese culture changed. During the Sung times, when China was experiencing an uplift in the economy, society and the arts were following the curve. Art became part of everyday life for an educated man, but when economy suffered from the overpopulation, the arts were put aside. Literature has always been studied by the scholars, even if new work was not being produced. The West has largely regarded the arts of the Sung almost all the way through the Ching as great advances and are admi#P...
