1140s in art
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The decade of the 1140s in art involved some significant events.
Works
- 1145: oldest known Jesse Tree window completed
- 1148: The illuminated manuscript Parc Abbey Bible was completed
Births
Deaths
- 1145: Zhang Zeduan â Chinese painter during the transitional period from the Northern Song to the Southern Song Dynasty (born 1085)
- 1142: Yue Fei - Chinese military general and calligrapher (born 1103)
- 1140: Toba SÅjÅ â Japanese astronomer and artist-monk, said to be the artist of the famous picture scroll ChÅjÅ«-giga (born 1053)