Li Tang

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(b Heyang, Henan Province, 1050s; d after 1130). Chinese painter. Li was the oldest and most influential painter to make the transition from the Painting Academy of the Northern Song (960-1127) emperor Huizong (reg 1101-26) in Bianliang (now Kaifeng, Henan Province) to the Southern Song (1127-1279) court in Lin'an (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province). It was there, while in his 80s, that he introduced an entirely new approach that became the basis for the influential traditions of Southern Song landscape painting (see CHINA,

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Li Tang may refer to:

• Li Tang (painter) (1050–1130), Chinese landscape painter in the Song Dynasty
• Li Tang (hall of worship), place to perform religious rituals and to learn the teachings of Confucius
• Tang Dynasty (618 – 907), an imperial dynasty of China

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