"This is the first comprehensive examination of modern iconoclasm. Dario Gamboni reassesses the motives and circumstances behind deliberate attacks carried out - by institutions as well as individuals - on public buildings, churches, sculptures, paintings and other works of art …
"Byzantine 'iconoclasm' is famous and has influenced iconoclast movements from the English Reformation and French Revolution to Taliban, but it has also been woefully misunderstood: this book shows how and why the debate about images was more complicated, and more interesting, t…
A close look at Phoenician religion The Hebrew Bible contains a prohibition against divine images (Exod 20:2-5a). Explanations for this command are legion, usually focusing on the unique status of Israel's deity within the context of the broader Near Eastern and Mediterranean wo…
