Essays about: "Iconoclasm"
Found 3 essays containing the word Iconoclasm.
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1. In the Shadow of Monumentum... The War on Statues
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studierAbstract : In the Shadow of Monumentum... the War on Statues explores the last decade's violent protests on colonisation and institutional racism leading to the vandalisation, defacing and in some cases removal or toppling of public monuments. READ MORE
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2. The Making and Breaking of an Icon
University essay from Kungl. KonsthögskolanAbstract : This essay is an effort to write my thoughts and reflections on my art practice, focusing on the work to-be-realized for my solo show in March 2021 at Galleri Mejan in Stockholm. I’ve had the intention to complement and stabilize my imagined-artwork with my writing, only to realize such a task’s difficulty. READ MORE
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3. From Ancients to Dust... : Through Veneration and Condemnation: Exploring of the role of Cultural Heritage and Iconoclasm
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : This essay attempts to discover a correlation between a perceived veneration of an inherent value of the cultural heritage which is enlightened in the face of the iconoclastic acts of IS (Islamic State). Firstly, the essay establishes how UNESCO could be perceived as a Social System which educates its central binary codes through communication. READ MORE