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Iconoclasm (from
Ancient Gr**** εἰκών (eikṓn) 'figure, icon' and κλάω (kláō) 'to break') is the
social belief in the
importance of the
destruction of icons...
- The
Byzantine Iconoclasm (Ancient Gr****: Εἰκονομαχία, romanized: Eikonomachía, lit. 'image struggle', 'war on icons') were two
periods in the
history of...
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Yoruba Iconoclasm began in the 20th century. In the
Yoruba context,
objects are
usually destro**** for
religious reasons, with the
widespread adoption of...
- In some
forms of
Islamic art,
aniconism (the
avoidance of
images of
sentient beings)
stems in part from the
prohibition of
idolatry and in part from the...
- 867. The
Amorian dynasty continued the
policy of
restored iconoclasm (the "Second
Iconoclasm")
started by the
previous non-dynastic
emperor Leo V in 813...
- pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was
disturbed by
Byzantine iconoclasm and the
advance of the Lombards, in
which he
invoked the intervention...
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Iconoclasm pla**** a
significant role
during the
French Revolution,
reflecting the
broader social, political, and
religious shifts of the time. This movement...
- more
religious than
aesthetic in nature:
especially after the end of
iconoclasm, they were
understood to
manifest the
unique "presence" of the figure...
- In the
context of Hindutva,
iconoclasm might refer to the
targeting and
alteration of structures, symbols, or
places of
worship that are ****ociated with...
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which was destro****
twice during the
first and
second waves of
Byzantine Iconoclasm—first in 726, and
again in 814—and thus its
connection with the Christ...
