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February 25, 2009
Jonathan M. Bloom Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt New Haven and London: Yale University Press and Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2008. 256 pp.; 50 color ills.; 100 b/w ills. Cloth $75.00 (9780300135428)
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Jonathan Bloom can rightfully be considered the foremost authority on Fatimid art and architecture, having produced a steady stream of articles on the subject over the past twenty-five years. He is thus in a perfect position to produce a synthesis, and this is indeed an excellent survey of the material. Time and again he is able to cut through conflicting bodies of opinion and produce authoritative interpretations or offer new insights into problematic material. The...