1170s in art
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The decade of the 1170s in art involved some significant events.
Events
- 1171: End of the Fatimid art period in Egypt and North Africa
Works
- 1178: Lin Tinggui and Zhou Jichang complete The Five Hundred Luohan
- 1178: Benedetto Antelami completes Deposition
- 1176: Unkei sculpts Dainichi Nyorai at EnjÅ-ji in Nara
- 1173â1176: Zhang Shengwen completes The Sakyamuni Buddha
- 1170: Unknown artist completes Limestone Sculpture of the Old Testament Priest Aaron
- 1170: Artist(s) complete the Hunterian Psalter illuminated manuscript
Births
- 1178: Wuzhun Shifan â Chinese painter, calligrapher, and prominent Zen Buddhist monk (died 1279)
- 1176: Fujiwara Nobuzane â Japanese nise-e painter (died 1265)
- 1174: Liu Songnian â Song dynasty Chinese artist (died 1224)
- 1173: Tankei â Japanese sculptor of the Kei school of sculptors (died 1256)
Deaths
- 1179: Hildegard of Bingen â German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, polymath, poet, and producer of miniature Illuminations (born 1098)[1]