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Striking power : Iconoclasm in ancient Egypt
- Title
- Striking power : Iconoclasm in ancient Egypt / Edward Bleiberg and Stephanie Weissberg.
- Author
- Bleiberg, Edward, 1951-
- Publication
- St. Louis, MO : Pulitzer Arts Foundation ; Brooklyn, New York : Brooklyn Museum, [2019]
- ©2019
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 19-1503 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
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- Description
- 79 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm
- Summary
- Striking Power - the very first exhibition and publication to explore the history of iconoclasm in ancient Egyptian art - is an in-depth examination of the widespread campaigns of targeted image destruction that periodically swept through ancient Egypt, driven by political and religious motivations. Focusing on the legacies of pharaohs Hatshepsut (reigned c. 1478-58 BCE) and Akhenaten (reigned c. 1353-36 BCE), as well as the destruction of objects in Late Antiquity, the book pairs damaged works, from fragmented heads to altered inscriptions, with undamaged examples. In ancient Egypt, the deliberate destruction of objects - a nearly universal practice that continues in our own day - derived from the perception of images not only as representations but also as containers of powerful spiritual energy. Considering this historical phenomenon, 'Striking Power' raises timely questions about the power of images and the ways in which we try to contain them. Exhibition: Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, USA (22.03.-11.08.2019).
- Alternative Title
- Iconoclasm in ancient Egypt
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Note
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, March 22-August 11, 2019 and at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, Summer 2020
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-78)
- Call Number
- JQF 19-1503
- ISBN
- 9780997690194
- 0997690194
- LCCN
- 2019935885
- OCLC
- 1105606501
- Author
- Bleiberg, Edward, 1951- author.
- Title
- Striking power : Iconoclasm in ancient Egypt / Edward Bleiberg and Stephanie Weissberg.
- Publisher
- St. Louis, MO : Pulitzer Arts Foundation ; Brooklyn, New York : Brooklyn Museum, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-78)
- Added Author
- Weissberg, Stephanie, author.Pulitzer Arts Foundation, host institution.Brooklyn Museum, host institution.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 19-1503