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title: "The Rise of Islamic Calligraphy Hardcover – August 17, 2010"
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# The Rise of Islamic Calligraphy Hardcover – August 17, 2010

**Brand:** alain george
**Price:** A$22
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- **What is this?** The Rise of Islamic Calligraphy Hardcover – August 17, 2010 by alain george
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Fascinating!! So well researched, too.
  

*by G***I on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 8, 2020*

Incredible scholarship, accessible writing, illustrations that do a great job of demonstrating the points made in the text. What a find. Anyone interested in this subject should buy this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    An (almost) clear view on the rise and fall of the kufi calligraphy style
  

*by J***H on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 10, 2011*

Although the author has a clear writing style, the technical terms and his tendency to move from broad comparisons, over-detailed descriptions and short conclusions distract the reader, leaving some sense of disconnectedness between themes. One is also at a loss trying to uncover the main argument of the book. He spends many pages making lengthy comparisons with other scribal traditions to finally describe what they had in common and how they differed. That could be done in even less pages -- and a great deal of the book is about image examples. The bottom line: the book is short, but could be even shorter. The figures and the place where their respective captions are placed on the page don't help the reader, either. It is finally not a book for the beginner in Islamic Calligraphy, as it assumes a great deal of knowledge (not only in Islamic calligraphy, but also codicology and paleography) that is only sparsely mentioned or alluded to in the text. The various styles of kufi calligraphy are given in a large appendix, but the meaning and the significance of all those (17!) styles, in themselves and for the argument of the text, is not explained in a straightforward way.

### ⭐⭐ 2.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Useful Ilustrations
  

*by V***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 5, 2013*

The illustrations are great. The text is disappointing. George follows Francois Deroche's line of thinking when something more original and innovative might have been better.

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