Fāṭimid art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Fāṭimid art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Bloom, Jonathan M.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061671
Doc. NO	:	ALei2068
Main Entry	:	Bloom, Jonathan M.
Title & Author	:	Fāṭimid art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Bloom, Jonathan M.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(3,580 words)
Abstract	:	The arts and architecture of the Fāṭimid period (North Africa and Egypt 297–567/909–1171) are dominated by the emergence and florescence of Cairo (al-Qāhira) as a cultural capital and the development or refinement there of various techniques and styles, ranging from fine stone masonry to carved rock crystal and ivory, lustre ceramics, and splendid tapestry-woven textiles, many characterised by exuberant figural decoration and inscriptions in an angular (“Kūfic”), often floriated script. This flowering of the arts was the result of lavish patronage not only by the
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2068.pdf