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...
- more religious than aesthetic in nature: especially after the end of iconoclasm, they were understood to manifest the unique "presence" of the figure...
- 867. The Amorian dynasty continued the policy of restored iconoclasm (the "Second Iconoclasm") started by the previous non-dynastic emperor Leo V in 813...
- 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...
- English as the Great Iconoclasm or Iconoclastic Fury and in French as the Furie iconoclaste. During these spates of iconoclasm, Catholic art and many...
- 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...
- in Christian history, notably during the controversy of the Byzantine iconoclasm of the eighth century, and following the Protestant Reformation of the...
- Look up iconoclasm, iconoclast, iconoclastic, or iconoclasts in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An iconoclast is one who professes iconoclasm (the belief...