iconoclastic
(noun)
Characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions.
Examples of iconoclastic in the following topics:
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Architecture under the Sultanate of Delhi
- The early rulers of the Delhi Sultanate are often viewed as iconoclastic pillagers, best known for their indiscriminate destruction of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain temples.
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Icons and Iconoclasm
- This simple cross is an example of Iconoclast art from the 8th century.
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Architecture and Mosaics in the Middle Byzantine Empire
- The goal of the iconoclasts was to restore the church to the strict opposition to images in worship that they believed characterized at the least some parts of the early church.
- After the death of the last Iconoclast emperor Theophilos, his young son Michael III, with his mother the regent Theodora and Patriarch Methodios, summoned the Synod of Constantinople in 843 to bring peace to the Church.
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Antwerp: A Center of the Northern Renaissance
- The iconoclastic riots ("Beeldenstorm" in Dutch) of 1566 that preceded the Dutch Revolt resulted in the destruction of many works of religious art, after which time the churches and monasteries had to be refurnished and redecorated.
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Painting in the Early Byzantine Empire
- While this issue would be debated and challenged during the later Iconoclastic period, for a time, images of the saints in icon paintings flourished.
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Painting under the Sultanate of Delhi
- The early rulers of the Delhi Sultanate are often viewed as iconoclastic pillagers, best known for their indiscriminate destruction of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain temples.
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Painting of the Mughal Period
- Originally clearly depicted, the faces were erased by iconoclasts and then repainted in more recent times.