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Podcast: New Books in Art
Episode: William Gallois, "Qayrawan: The Amuletic City" (Penn State UP, 2024)
Description: William Gallois joins the podcast to discuss his latest book,Ā QayrawÄn: The Amuletic City, published by The Pennsylvania State University Press in 2024.QayrawÄn: The Amuletic CityĀ investigates the fascinating history of the Tunisian city of QayrawÄn, which in the last years of the nineteenth century found itself covered in murals. Concentrated on and around the cityās Great Mosque, these monumental artworks were only visible for about fifty years, from the 1880s through the 1930s. This book investigates the fascinating history of who created these outdoor paintings and why.Using visual archaeological methods...