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The 47 pages that link to Iconoclasm, each with the reason it gives.

• Byzantine artRelated: Disputes over images repeatedly shaped which forms of Byzantine religious art could be made and displayed.

• Hagia SophiaRelated: Changing religious regimes affected the visibility and treatment of Hagia Sophia’s Christian images.

• CommemorationCompared with: Destroying commemorative images contests the meanings they embody.

• RelicCompared with: Disputes over relics reveal broader conflicts about material objects in worship.

• Visual cultureCompared with: Image destruction reveals conflicts over the authority visual culture gives images.

• Byzantine architectureRelated: Iconoclast controversies affected the images displayed in churches and their decoration.

• Christian iconographyCompared with: Iconoclasm contests the legitimacy and use of Christian images.

• IconRelated: The Byzantine controversy forced Christians to defend or reject the use of sacred images.

• Byzantine IconoclasmNarrower topic: The Byzantine controversy is a major historical instance of this broader phenomenon.

• Christian artCompared with: Conflicts over images repeatedly altered what Christian art could depict and preserve.

• AltarpieceCompared with: Iconoclastic movements challenged the images and objects that altarpieces brought into worship.

• Damnatio memoriaeCompared with: Iconoclasm targets images for religious reasons rather than a person's civic reputation.

• Second Council of NicaeaCompared with: The council condemned the Byzantine movement that opposed the use of icons.

• IdolatryRelated: Iconoclasts have attacked images they considered objects of idolatrous devotion.

• Christian pilgrimageCompared with: Disputes over sacred images also questioned objects and sites that drew devotional travel.

• MonumentCompared with: Removing a monument can turn disagreement about memory into public action.

• WorshipCompared with: Iconoclasm reveals conflict over whether images support worship or threaten it.

• Christian symbolismCompared with: Iconoclasts challenged whether Christian images could serve devotion without becoming idols.

• MemorializationCompared with: Removing a memorial can contest the values and power it represents.

• AniconismCompared with: Aniconism limits or avoids images; iconoclasm actively attacks or removes them.

• Swiss ReformationRelated: Removing images made reform visible and contested in Swiss churches.

• Mona LisaRelated: Modern attacks on the painting raise questions about protest, spectacle, and the protection of art.

• Susan SontagCompared with: Sontag examined image saturation rather than proposing that images should simply be abolished.

• Book burningRelated: Burning books can attack their symbolic authority as well as their written arguments.

• CaesaropapismRelated: Imperial policies toward icons show how rulers could shape worship and provoke church conflict.

• Flag desecrationRelated: Flag desecration resembles iconoclasm when it attacks an emblem’s authority through physical damage.

• Huldrych ZwingliRelated: Zürich’s removal of images made Zwingli’s scriptural critique visible in worship.

• John of DamascusCompared with: John argues against the rejection of images as incompatible with Christian belief in the incarnation.

• Theodore the StuditeCompared with: Theodore’s arguments directly opposed the imperial campaign against icons.

• Madonna and ChildCompared with: Debates over sacred images shaped how Christians defended, restricted, or venerated depictions of Mary and Jesus.

• Veneration of saintsCompared with: Iconoclasts challenged images and practices central to many forms of saint veneration.

• Buddhas of BamiyanRelated: The statues’ removal belongs to a longer history of conflicts over religious images.

• Church architectureCompared with: Iconoclastic movements changed church interiors by removing or restricting sacred images.

• Erwin PanofskyCompared with: Its focus on images’ contested social power differs from Panofsky’s interpretive emphasis.

• Funerary artRelated: Attacks on tombs and memorials can erase the visual records of the dead.

• VandalismCompared with: Iconoclasm may resemble vandalism, but is typically driven by a programmatic rejection of images.

• Religious artCompared with: Iconoclastic movements challenge the legitimacy and use of religious images.

• Religious iconographyCompared with: Conflicts over images reveal that their meaning and legitimacy are historically contested.

• Ghent AltarpieceRelated: The panels were concealed during the 1566 wave of iconoclasm in Ghent.

• CrucifixCompared with: Iconoclastic disputes challenge the devotional use of images such as crucifixes.

• Christian crossRelated: Iconoclastic controversies shaped Christian disagreements about displaying sacred images, including crucifixes.

• StatueRelated: Removing or damaging statues can express opposition to their represented values.

• Ivan the Terrible and His Son IvanNarrower topic: Attacks on the canvas raise questions about image destruction as political protest.

• Pope Gregory IINarrower topic: Byzantine iconoclasm names the broader religious conflict Gregory confronted.

• HerostratusCompared with: Unlike many acts of iconoclasm, Herostratus’s arson is traditionally described as fame-seeking.

• Sacral architectureRelated: Iconoclasm can alter sacred interiors and determine which forms of decoration survive.

• Tilman RiemenschneiderRelated: Later attacks on sacred images altered the settings and survival of works like his.