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1180s in art

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Overview of the events of the 1180s in art

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The decade of the 1180s in art involved some significant events.

Events

1185: The Comnenian Age of Byzantine art comes to an end when the Komnenian dynasty lose power

Works

1183: Unkei transcribes two copies of the Lotus Sutra (calligraphy)
1189: Kōkei sculpts Four Heavenly Kings in Kōfuku-ji

Births

1180: Giunta Pisano – Italian painter (died 1258)

Deaths

1189: Lin Tinggui – Chinese painter of the Southern Song dynasty (born 1127)
1182: Zhao Boju – Chinese landscape and flower painter of the Southern Song dynasty (died 1120)