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who is seen today as a precursor to Impressionism

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Patronage and Poetry in the Islamic World: Social Mobility and Status in the Medieval Middle East and Central Asia (Library of Middle East History) Anne Streaty Wimberly and too oppressively close forPanegyric poetry, in both Arabic and Persian, was one of the most important genres of literature in the medieval Middle East and Central Asia. Jocelyn Sharlet argues that panegyric poetry is important not only because it provides a commentary on society and culture in the medieval Middle East, but also because panegyric writing was one of the key means for individuals to gain social mobility and standing during this period. This is particularly so