Patronage and the Idea of an Urban Bourgeoisie
(2017)
Book Chapter
Contadini, A. (2017). Patronage and the Idea of an Urban Bourgeoisie. In G. Necipoğlu, & F. B. Flood (Eds.), A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture, Vol. 1 (431-452). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119069218.ch17
From the reports of travelers and historians, people learn of the crafting of beautiful rock crystal and metalwork objects in the Cairo bazaar and, during the later Mamluk period, of beautiful gilded and enameled glass being produced in commercial ar... Read More about Patronage and the Idea of an Urban Bourgeoisie.