Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egyp by Bloom, Jonathan M - 2008-03-19

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New Haven: Yale University Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2007. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 236 pp. .

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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2007. Cloth, xv, 236 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour map; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Arts of the City Victorious is the first book-length study of the art and architecture of the Fatimids, the Ismaili Shi'i dynasty that ruled in North Africa and Egypt from 909 to 1171. The Fatimids are most famous for founding the city of al-Qahira (whence the name Cairo) in 969, and their art - particularly textiles and lustre ceramics, but also metalwork and carved rock crystal, ivory and woodwork - has been admired for nearly a millennium. Initially brought home to Europe by merchants and Crusaders and then preserved as relics and reliquaries in church treasuries. 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… Read More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. very good. like new. ..."First book-length study of the art and architecture of the Fatimids, the Ismaili Shi'i dynasty that ruled in North Africa and Egypt from 909 to 1171."236 pgs.

Yale University Press, 2008-03-19. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. Fine. like new. First book length study of the art and architecture of the Fatimids, the Ismaili Shi'i dynasty that ruled in North Africa and Egypt from 909 to 1171. 236 pgs.