Image Controversies
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Edited by:
Birgit Mersmann
About this book
In many contemporary societies we encounter iconoclasm breaking out with renewed violence. Iconoclastic actions against objects of visual material culture and testimonials of history act as dynamite in the public sphere. They are expressions of political, religious, national, and identity conflicts. Even the freedom of art is threatened by censorship and cancel culture. Based on case studies from different world regions, contemporary iconoclasms in art, media, and cultural heritage are critically analyzed from both a global and an interdisciplinary perspective. Divided into three sections, the book discusses attacks on monuments and memorials, idol disputes in museums and the visual arts, and forms of mediated iconoclasm in contemporary art.
Author / Editor information
Birgit Mersmann, University of Bonn; Christiane Kruse, Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel; Arnold Bartetzky, Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) Leipzig
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Introduction Birgit Mersmann, Christiane Kruse and Arnold Bartetzky Open Access Download PDF |
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I. ICONOCLAST POLITICS: CLASHES OVER MONUMENTS
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Decolonizing the Public Space Christiane Kruse Open Access Download PDF |
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Idol-Breaking and the Dawn of a New Social Order Christoph Günther Open Access Download PDF |
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The Contest over Confederate Memorials in the Modern American South W. Fitzhugh Brundage Open Access Download PDF |
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Current Controversies over Contentious Artworks and Monuments in East and West Arnold Bartetzky Open Access Download PDF |
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II. IDOL DISPUTES IN PUBLIC SPACE AND ART INSTITUTIONS: CONFLICTS BETWEEN MATTER AND MAGIC
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The Prophet Muhammad in the Tropenmuseum Amsterdam Pooyan Tamimi Arab Open Access Download PDF |
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Legacies of Missionary Iconoclasm Birgit Meyer Open Access Download PDF |
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Gertrud Hüwelmeier Open Access Download PDF |
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Iconoclastic Traditions in Léopold Sédar Senghor’s Concept of the image idéogramme Gabriele Genge Open Access Download PDF |
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An Iconological Retrospective on executions in effigy Past and Present Marion G. Müller Open Access Download PDF |
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III. MEDIATED ICONOCLASM IN ART AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. REACTIONS, REFLECTIONS, AND APPROPRIATIONS
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Image Controversies over Virtual and Physical Reconstructions of Destroyed Cultural Heritage Birgit Mersmann Open Access Download PDF |
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On the Art of Toppling Statues Martin Schieder Open Access Download PDF |
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The Transformation of Habitats through Ballast in Contemporary Art Hauke Ohls Open Access Download PDF |
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Iconoclasm as Artistic Strategy in Video Game Art Stephan Schwingeler Open Access Download PDF |
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