Research Catalog

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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Details

Additional Authors

• Brooklyn Museum, host institution.
• Pulitzer Arts Foundation, host institution.
• Weissberg, Stephanie,

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

Subjects

• Egypt
• Iconoclasm
• Iconoclasm in art > Exhibitions
• Iconoclasme > Expositions
• Exhibition catalogs
• Antiquities
• Egypt > Antiquities > Exhibitions
• Iconoclasm > Egypt > Exhibitions
• Sculpture égyptienne > Expositions
• Art > Mutilation > Expositions

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)

ISBN

• 9780997690194
• 0997690194

LCCN

2019935885

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries