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Synthesis of the Theological Doctrine of the Icon in the Works of St. John of Damascus
Волинський благовісник, 2020 The theoretical legacy of John of Damascus still attracts the attention of researchers, as his works had a significant impact not only on the development of the theological discourse of the Eastern and Western Churches, but also on the further ...
Viktoria Golovei
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Churchill and Spain: More Sancho than Quixote?
History, Volume 111, Issue 395, Page 217-236, March 2026.Abstract This article offers a detailed analysis of Winston Churchill's relationship with Spain over the course of his long and eventful political and personal life. The article focuses on three key episodes: Churchill's ambivalent stance during the Spanish Civil War; his leadership and policy towards Spain during the crucial years of the Second World ...
EMILIO SÁENZ‐FRANCÉS
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Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 2026.ABSTRACT This work reflects on the presence of a desacralized Buddha statue in the Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography, established in Parma, Italy, in 1901 by Xaverian missionaries. The Buddha's hollowed back is a potent trace of the transnational interactions between these Roman Catholic missionaries and folk believers from the Henan region ...
Valentina Gamberi
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Iconoclasm the breaking and making of images
, 2019 "Iconoclasm--the alteration, destruction, or displacement of icons--is usually considered taboo or profane. But, on occasion, the act of destroying the sacred unintentionally bestows iconic status on the desecrated object.
Stapleton, Rachel F. +2 more
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Did emperor Leo III introduce imperial iconoclasm?
This essay explores the origins of Byzantine iconoclasm, traditionally attributed to Emperor Leo III in the second quarter of the 8th century. It examines the influence of the Islamic world on Leo’s actions, considering whether Arab interactions may ...
Henrique De
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Aristotle and Byzantine Iconoclasm
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2013 The defense of icons shifted gradually from a theory of mimesis to Aristotelian symbolism; this reflected not a revival of learning but arguments developed in the debate itself and hinted at already by Constantine V and at the Council of 787.
Thalia Anagnostopoulos
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Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y ArqueologíaThis article explores the commemorative monumentality of the Battle of San Carlos, focusing on material evidence, documentary sources, and oral memory spanning nearly a century of monumental landscape (1935-2024) at the site of Los Cuatro Vientos ...
Carlos Landa +3 more
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Images Re-Vues, 2005 Si hier comme aujourd’hui, l’art islamique classique comme « l’art contemporain islamique » connaissent une fluctuation nominative importante, si hier comme aujourd’hui, « islamique » est employé dans le sens de “civilisation islamique” ; hier comme ...
Monia Abdallah
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Les images abîmées : entre iconoclasme, pratiques religieuses et rituels « magiques »
Images Re-Vues, 2006 The contribution focuses on the phenomenon of the manipulated, or even degraded, images in the Alpine regions. In these territories we can find at least three categories of damaged images: the first concerns images damaged and concealed for religious ...
Simona Boscani Leoni
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Images Re-Vues, 2006 Cet article étudie quatre des quatre cent soixante chansons réunies sous le titre de Cantigas de Santa Maria par Le roi Alphonse X le sage (1221-1284).
Mateusz Wilk
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