1070s in art

The decade of the 1070s in art involved some significant events.

• 1060s
• 1070s in art
• 1080s

Art timeline

Events

• 1070's: Bayeux Tapestry (embroidery) is completed in England, possibly to unveil at the dedication of Bayeux Cathedral in 1077.^[1]

Works

Guo Xi, Autumn in the River Valley, c. 1072

• 1072: Guo Xi paints Early Spring and Autumn in the River Valley^[2]
• 1078
  • Unknown artist sculpts Bishamonten statue in Hōryū-ji
  • Tympanum of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Galicia (Spain) sculpted

Births

• 1073: Ibn al-Tilmīdh, Syriac Christian physician, pharmacist, poet, musician and calligrapher (died 1165)
• 1076: Fujiwara no Sadazane, Japanese calligrapher during the Heian period (died 1120)

Deaths

• 1079: Wen Tong, Chinese Northern Song painter famous for his ink bamboo paintings (born 1019)