Modernism on the Nile: Art in Egypt Between the Islamic and the Contemporary

by Alex Dika Seggerman and SEGGERMAN ALEX DIKA

Analyzing the modernist art movement that arose in Cairo and Alexandria from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s, Alex Dika Seggerman reveals how the visual arts were part of a multifaceted transnational modernism. While the work of diverse, major Egyptian artists during this era may have appeared to be secular, she argues, it reflected the subtle but essential inflection of Islam, as a faith, history, and lived experience, in the overarching...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469653044
• ISBN13: 9781469653044
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"