1270s in art

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Other topics in 1270s:

• Music

Art timeline

The decade of the 1270s in art involved some significant events.

Architecture

• Église Saint-Maurice, Soultz-Haut-Rhin started (completed in 1489)

Art

• 1275: Cimabue completes Mezzo Crucifix ^{[ clarification needed ]}

Births

• 1272: Cao Zhibai – Chinese painter and bibliophile from the Yuan dynasty (died 1355)
• c.1275: Lorenzo Maitani – Italian architect and sculptor primarily responsible for the construction and decoration of the façade of Orvieto Cathedral (died 1330) ^[1]

Deaths

• 1270: Mu Xi – Chinese landscape painter during the Song dynasty (born 1210)
• 1276: Coppo di Marcovaldo – Italian painter (born 1225)
• 1278: Lanxi Daolong – Chinese Buddhist monk, calligrapher and philosopher (born 1213)
• 1279: Wuzhun Shifan – Chinese painter, calligrapher, and prominent Zen Buddhist monk (born 1178)

References

1. "Lorenzo Maitani". Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 21 November 2025.