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Carol Bier

Academic Profile

Historian of Islamic art; Curator/Eastern Hemisphere Collections at The Textile Museum, Washington, DC (1984-2001); Research Associate, The Textile Museum (2001-present); Visiting Scholar, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA (2010-2013)

Sample Publications

"Art and Mithal: Reading Geometry as Visual Commentary," Iranian Studies 41/4 (2008): 491-509. "The Decagonal Tomb Tower at Maragha and Its Architectural Context: Lines of Mathematical Thought," Nexus Network Journal 14/2 (2012): 251-273.