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1200s in art

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The decade of the 1200s in art involved some significant events.

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Art

  • 1200: Kaikei sculpts Mahamayuri in Kimpusen-ji, an Important Cultural Property of Japan.
  • 1201: Kaikei sculpts Hachiman in Tōdai-ji, a National Treasure of Japan
  • 1203: Kaikei with Unkei sculpts Nio in Tōdai-ji, a National Treasure of Japan
  • 1205: The Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus – stained glass done for Rouen Cathedral
  • 1205: Stone jamb figures done for Chartres Cathedral
  • 1206: Unknown artist sculpts Priest Chōgen in Tōdai-ji
  • 1207: Twelve different artists sculpt Twelve Heavenly Generals in Kōfuku-ji
  • 1208: Unkei sculpts Muchaku in Kōfuku-ji
  • Deaths

  • 1205: Nicholas of Verdun – French goldsmith and enamellist of the Middle Ages (b. 1130)
  • 1205: Fujiwara Takanobu – Japanese nise-e painter (d. 1142)
  • References

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