Negating the Image: Case Studies in Iconoclasm

Jeffrey Johnson; Anne L. McClanan

ISBN 10: 0754608549 / ISBN 13: 9780754608547

Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2005

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Contains seven historical studies of the 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Negating the Image: Case Studies in Iconoclasm
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754608549
• ISBN 13: 9780754608547
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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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'.

About the Author

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.