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
Benedetto Antelami, Deposition, 1178 (Baptistry of Parma)
Unknown artist, Limestone Sculpture of the Old Testament Priest Aaron, c. 1170
- 1178: Lin Tinggui and Zhou Jichang complete The Five Hundred Luohan
- 1178: Benedetto Antelami completes Deposition
- 1176: Unkei sculpts Dainichi Nyorai at Enjō-ji in Nara
- 1173–1176: 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 – Chinese painter, calligrapher, and prominent Zen Buddhist monk (died 1279)
- 1176: Fujiwara Nobuzane – Japanese nise-e painter (died 1265)
- 1174: Liu Songnian - Song Dynasty Chinese artist (died 1224)
- 1173: Tankei – Japanese sculptor of the Kei school of sculptors (died 1256)
Deaths
- 1179: Hildegard of Bingen - German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, polymath, poet, and producer of miniature Illuminations (born 1098)
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