iconoclasm

Examples of iconoclasm in the following topics:

• Icons and Iconoclasm

  • The First Iconoclasm, as it is sometimes called, lasted between about 730-787.
  • The Second Iconoclasm was between 814-842 .
  • Traditional explanations for Byzantine iconoclasm have sometimes focused on the importance of Islamic prohibitions against images influencing Byzantine thought.
  • On the other hand, the wealthier Greeks of Constantinople and also the peoples of the Balkan and Italian provinces strongly opposed Iconoclasm.
  • Define iconoclasm, and describe what led to the the two Iconoclasm periods of the Byzantine Empire.

• Architecture and Mosaics in the Middle Byzantine Empire

  • Architecture and mosaic decoration thrived during the Middle Byzantine period following Iconoclasm's stifling of the arts.
  • Broadly defined, iconoclasm is defined as the destruction of images.
  • As a result, aniconic sentiment grew, culminating in two periods of iconoclasm -- the First Iconoclasm (726-87) and the Second Iconoclasm (814-42) -- which brought the Early Byzantine period to an end.
  • Byzantine Iconoclasm constituted a ban on religious images by Emperor Leo III and continued under his successors.
  • When the Iconoclasm controversy came to an end in 843, Byzantine religious art underwent a renewal.

• Impact of the Protestant Reformation

  • The Protestant Reformation induced a wave of iconoclasm, or the destruction of religious imagery, among the more radical evangelists.
  • For the most part, however, Reformation iconoclasm resulted in a disappearance of religious figurative art, compared with the amount of secular pieces that emerged.
  • Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, attacked in the Protestant iconoclasm in 1572.

• Religion as a Theme

  • Christian, Buddhist, and Islamic artistic traditions have used elements of symbolism, narrative, ritual, iconoclasm, and authorship to express the tenets of their beliefs throughout history.
  • While incredibly large and varied individually, we can identify certain elements that Christian, Buddhist, and Islamic artistic traditions have used to express the tenets of their beliefs using symbolism, ritual, iconoclasm, and authorship.
  • Throughout time, most Christian sects have used art to some extent, though there have been definite periods of iconoclasm within the history of the religion.

• Sacred Objects

  • Throughout time, most Christian sects have used art to some extent, though there have been definite periods of iconoclasm within the history of the religion.

• Sculpture

  • Late Gothic sculpture continued in the North, with a fashion for very large wooden sculpted altarpieces with increasingly virtuoso carving and large numbers of agitated expressive figures; most surviving examples are in Germany, a result of extensive iconoclasm (image destruction) elsewhere.

• Romanesque Painting and Stained Glass

  • In England, France, and the Netherlands, such pictures were systematically destroyed or whitewashed in bouts of iconoclasm during the Reformation.

• Painting in the Early Byzantine Empire

  • However, there are no surviving examples produced before the sixth century, primarily due to the period of Iconoclasm that ended the Early Byzantine period.

• Norman Painting

  • In Normandy, such pictures were systematically destroyed or whitewashed in bouts of iconoclasm during the Reformation.

• Objects of Worship in the Middle Byzantine Empire

  • The images were often painted panels and the display of icons surged following the end of Iconoclasm in the ninth century.