Saturday, February 23, 2008

Week 8 Blog: Question 5, Early Christian and Byzantine Art

Explain the iconoclastic controversy. Why were abstract symbols widely used?
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2 comments:

JM said...

The conflict which began with an edict promulgated by the Byzantine emperor Leo III in 726 prohibiting religious images, it insisted on a literal interpretation of the biblical ban against graven images because their use led to idolatry.

February 28, 2008 at 6:23 PM
PosiTori said...

The Iconoclastic Controversy is not being allowed to depict an icon within a culture of the culture's own religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually for religious or political motives. It is a frequent component of major domestic political or religious changes, also known as Iconoclasm.

February 29, 2008 at 2:34 PM

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