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diff --git a/misc/papers/3767.bib b/misc/papers/3767.bib index b502942..520a4b2 100644 --- a/misc/papers/3767.bib +++ b/misc/papers/3767.bib @@ -20,3 +20,15 @@ year = {1973} } +@inbook{CarlIcons, + isbn = {9780812222562}, + url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt3fhmnb.4}, + author = {Thomas F. X. Noble}, + booktitle = {Images, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians}, + pages = {10--45}, + publisher = {University of Pennsylvania Press}, + title = {Art, Icons, and Their Critics and Defenders Before the Age of Iconoclasm}, + year = {2009} +} + + diff --git a/misc/papers/3767midterm.tex b/misc/papers/3767midterm.tex index e6db8e6..beeb00a 100644 --- a/misc/papers/3767midterm.tex +++ b/misc/papers/3767midterm.tex @@ -3,18 +3,21 @@ \usepackage{indentfirst} \usepackage[left=1in,right=1in,top=1in,bottom=1in]{geometry} -\title{HIST 3767 Midterm: On Byzantine Iconoclasm} +\title{HIST 3767 Midterm: On Iconoclasm} \author{Matthew Strapp} -% \bibliography{3767} -% \bibliographystyle{chicago-authordate} \begin{document} \begin{singlespace} \maketitle \end{singlespace} - Iconoclasm, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, means ``The breaking or destroying of images; esp. the destruction of images and pictures set up as objects of veneration''\cite{oed:iconoclasm}. + Iconoclasm, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, means ``The breaking or destroying of images; esp. the destruction of images and pictures set up as objects of veneration''\cite{oed:iconoclasm}. Iconoclasm in Orthodox Christianity was the promoted version of the Orthodox religion of the Byzantine Empire twice, from 726 to 787 and from 815 to 843. Both times the iconoclasts were refuted and the iconodules triumphed over their counterparts. (FINISH) - Iconoclasm had its roots in Islamic teachings but became prominent in Byzantine politics after Leo III had removed the icon of Chirst Antiphonetes at the Chalke Gate in Constantinople around 726. \cite{LeoJour} + Iconoclasm's roots trace back to the era of Constantine. During that time, one of Constantine's sisters asked a member of the imperial circle to send her an image of Christ. The member refused: + \begin{quote} + ``Eusebius was evidently prepared to accept images that were merely symbols that pointed to realities beyond themselves. Christ could not be depicted but some of God's mysteries could be revealed by artistic renderings.'' + \cite{CarlIcons} + + \end{quote} \bibliography{3767} - \bibliographystyle{abbrv} + \bibliographystyle{unsrt} \end{document}
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