2024/05/20 by Mersmann, Birgit 1966-, Kruse, Christiane 1959-, Bartetzky, Arnold 1965- · 1 voice
Engineering · #Image Processing Techniques and Applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.1515/9783110773576
openalex publication_date 2024/05/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
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. Look Inside