1160s in art

Overview of the events of the 1160s in art
List of years in art (table)
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  • 1151
  • 1152
  • 1153
  • 1154
  • 1155
  • 1156
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  • 1158
  • 1159
  • 1160
  • 1161
  • 1162
  • 1163
  • 1164
  • 1165
  • 1166
  • 1167
  • 1168
  • 1169
  • 1170 …
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1150s . 1160s in art . 1170s
Art timeline

The decade of the 1160s in art involved some significant events.

Events

  • 1166: Henry the Lion has the first bronze statue (a heraldic lion) north of the Alps erected at Dankwarderode Castle.

Paintings

Births

  • 1162: Fujiwara no Teika - Japanese poet, critic, calligrapher, novelist, anthologist, scribe, and scholar (died 1241)
  • 1160-1165: Ma Yuan – Chinese landscape painter whose work formed the basis of the Ma-Xia school of painting (died 1225)

Deaths