Islamic iconoclasm, visual communication and the persistence of the image

2015/09/02 by Lamia Balafrej · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Islamic Studies and History #Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia #Architecture and Cultural Influences

paper · doi:10.1080/20419112.2015.1125659

openalex publication_date 2015/09/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

In pre-modern Islam, image breakers altered, rather than destroyed, figural images. Representations of human faces from Morocco to India would be scratched or transformed into flowers, but never co...

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• Iconoclasm [wikipedia]

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