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The Forbidden Image – An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm
Alain Besancon
The Forbidden Image – An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm
Alain Besancon
Traces the dual strains of 'iconophilia' and iconoclasm, the privileging and prohibition of religious images, over a span of two-and-a-half millennia in the West. This book addresses arguments regarding the moral authority of the image in European Christianity from the medieval through the early modern periods.
448 pages, 32 halftones
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 15, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9780226044149 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 448 |
Dimensions | 156 × 226 × 23 mm · 614 g |
Language | English |
Translator | Todd, Jane Marie |
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