1270s in art
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The decade of the 1270s in art involved some significant events.
Architecture
- Ãglise Saint-Maurice, Soultz-Haut-Rhin started (completed in 1489)
Art
- 1275: Cimabue completes Mezzo Crucifix[clarification needed]
Births
- 1272: Cao Zhibai â Chinese painter and bibliophile from the Yuan dynasty (died 1355)
- c.1275: Lorenzo Maitani â Italian architect and sculptor primarily responsible for the construction and decoration of the façade of Orvieto Cathedral (died 1330)[1]
Deaths
- 1270: Mu Xi â Chinese landscape painter during the Song dynasty (born 1210)
- 1276: Coppo di Marcovaldo â Italian painter (born 1225)
- 1278: Lanxi Daolong â Chinese Buddhist monk, calligrapher and philosopher (born 1213)
- 1279: Wuzhun Shifan â Chinese painter, calligrapher, and prominent Zen Buddhist monk (born 1178)