Arts of the City Victorious : Islamic art and architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt / Jonat...
Arts of the City Victorious : Islamic art and architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt / Jonat...
Arts of the City Victorious : Islamic art and architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt / Jonathan M. Bloom.
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New Haven : Yale University Press : In association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, c2007.
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NQ709.6209/1
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English
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Physical content
xv, 236 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Robert Hillenbrand -- I. An Introduction to Fatimid History and Fatimid Art -- II. Fatimid Art in North Africa -- III. Architecture in Egypt from 969 to the 1060s -- IV. The Decorative Arts from 969 to the 1060s -- V. Architecture from the 1060s to 1171 -- VI. The Decorative Arts from the...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press : In association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, c2007.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2007.
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State Reference Library copy: To be issued in Supervised Use Area.
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Summary
"Fatimid art and architecture has always been somewhat anomalous in the history of islamic art because of the direction it grew (west to east), subject matter (figural at a time when geometry and the arabesque were developing elsewhere), and unusually rich and precise documentation in royal and popular accounts. Whereas earlier studies treated the...
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Arts of the City Victorious : Islamic art and architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt / Jonathan M. Bloom.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-229) and index.
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c2007.
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NQ709.6209/1
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74VK3EwzaMBO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3EwzaMBO
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ISBN
0300135424 (cl : alk. paper)
9780300135428 (cl : alk. paper)
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709.620902
MMS ID
991023808799702626
