title: 1070s in art
text: # 1070s in art
  
  The decade of the 1070s in art involved some significant events.
  
  ## Events
  
  * 1070's: Bayeux Tapestry (embroidery) is completed in England, possibly to unveil at the dedication of Bayeux Cathedral in 1077.
  
  ## Works
  
  * 1072: Guo Xi paints Early Spring and Autumn in the River Valley
  * 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)
  