Definition of Iconoclasm. Meaning of Iconoclasm. Synonyms of Iconoclasm

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Definition of Iconoclasm

Iconoclasm
Iconoclasm I*con"o*clasm, n. [Cf. F. iconoclasme. See Iconoclast.] The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.

Meaning of Iconoclasm from wikipedia

- Iconoclasm (from Gr****: εἰκών, eikṓn, 'figure, icon' + κλάω, kláō, 'to break') is the social belief in the importance of the destruction of icons and other...
- The Byzantine Iconoclasm (Ancient Gr****: Εἰκονομαχία, romanized: Eikonomachía, lit. 'image struggle', 'war on icons') were two periods in the history of...
- pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was disturbed by Byzantine iconoclasm and the advance of the Lombards, in which he invoked the intervention...
- 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...
- Yoruba Iconoclasm began in the 20th century. In the Yoruba context, objects are usually destro**** for religious reasons, with the widespread adoption of...
- 16th century, known in English as the Great Iconoclasm or Iconoclastic Fury. During these spates of iconoclasm, Catholic art and many forms of church ****ings...
- more religious than aesthetic in nature: especially after the end of iconoclasm, they were understood to manifest the unique "presence" of the figure...
- 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...
- 867. The Amorian dynasty continued the policy of restored iconoclasm (the "Second Iconoclasm") started by the previous non-dynastic emperor Leo V in 813...
- Jesus Messiah complex Gamboni, Dario (1997). The destruction of art: iconoclasm and vandalism since the French Revolution. Reaktion Books. pp. 202–203...