Does Iconoclasm Exist Today?

(Today, its “remains” live in the National Museum of Iraq.) In many ways, the destruction of a statue mimicked attacks on real people, and this aspect of iconoclasm surely remains central to the practice today.

What is an example of iconoclasm?

The definition of an iconoclast is someone who destroys religious images or who attacks popular beliefs. An example of an iconoclast is someone who destroys pictures of Jesus. An example of an iconoclast is someone who protests against democracy in the U.S.

Who ended iconoclasm?

The second Iconoclast period ended with the death of the emperor Theophilus in 842. In 843 his widow, Empress Theodora, finally restored icon veneration, an event still celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Feast of Orthodoxy.

Marcus Vance

Marcus Vance

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