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Writing Signs: The Fatimid Public Text
Irene A. Bierman
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| #6448996 in Books | 1998-12-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .94 x6.27 x9.31l, | File type: PDF | 247 pages||7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Informative and Interesting|By A Customer|Anyone interested in Islamic art must read this book. And even if you are new to the subject, or are curious it is still very interesting. Bierman writes very clearly and provides many examples to support her arguments. Plus, most people are accustomed to figural art and knowing more about the beauty of non-figurative art is wonderful.|About the Author|
Irene A. Bierman is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Director of the University's Gustav E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies.
Irene Bierman explores the complex relationship between alphabet and language as well as the ways the two elements are socially defined by time and place. She focuses her exploration on the Eastern Mediterranean in the sixth through twelfth centuries, notably Cairo's Fatimid dynasty of 969-1171. Examining the inscriptions on Fatimid architecture and textiles, Bierman offers insight into all elements of that society, from religion to the economy, and the enormous cha...
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