Aniconism: definitions, examples and comparative perspectives
This introductory essay to this thematic issue on aniconism argues for the value of considering various forms of aniconism side by side. It summarizes briefly the historiography of the terms ‘aniconism’ and ‘aniconic,’ noting that they originate in the work of Johannes Adolph Overbeck, who coined th...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2017]
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Religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 335-352 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Overbeck, Johannes 1826-1895
/ Image prohibition
/ Art
/ Greece (Antiquity)
/ Religion
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions KBK Europe (East) |
| Further subjects: | B
Aniconism
B anthropomorphization B aniconic B Greek Religion B aniconicity B iconic images B Divine Presence B Johannes Adolph Overbeck |
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