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Negating the Image: Case Studies in Iconoclasm

Negating the Image: Case Studies in Iconoclasm

by JeffreyJohnson (Author), Anne Mc Clanan (Editor), Anne McClanan (Editor), Jeffrey Johnson (Author)

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    Hardcover 2005

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Synopsis

Why do people attack monuments and other public objects charged with authority by the societies that produced them? What do open assaults on images and artworks mean? Iconoclasm, the principled destruction of images, has recurred throughout human history as theory and practice. This book contains seven historical studies of the changing causes and meanings of iconoclasm and the radical transformations in the function of images it has brought about in societies around the world, from Ancient Egypt to Islamic India and Revolutionary Mexico, as well as Medieval and Reformation Europe. Scholars of art history, history and archaeology explore shifting definitions of art and the forms of representation in delineating varied forms of 'iconoclasm'.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 204
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Routledge
Published: 28 Dec 2005
ISBN 10: 0754608549
ISBN 13: 9780754608547

Media Reviews
'The editors have succeeded in combining profound essays across continents, centuries, and civilizations... this volume triumphs by restating, clarifying, and examining new theories about the destruction of images and monuments. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know or thinks they already know about iconoclasm.' Sixteenth Century Journal
Author Bio
Anne McClanan is Associate Professor of Art History at Portland State University, USA and Jeffrey Johnson is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Central Arkansas, USA.