Iconoclasia y 'aniconismo': correspondencias entre el mundo islámico y el mundo cristiano

• Caputo Jaffe, Alessandra
  1. [1] Universitat PompeuFabra
• Localización: Entremons: UPF Journal of World History, ISSN-e 2014-5217, Nº. 2, 2011
• Idioma: español
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  • Islamic artEuropean art and culture apparently seem to be -conceptually and formally-diametrically apart from each other. However, if we take a deeper look into Islamic and European art history, we may notice that there have been several points of similarities, continuous contact and an immense exchange of ideas and styles between one culture and the other. In this article, we analyze the concept of Iconoclasm applied toChristian and Islamic art, and the different purposes for whichiconoclast actions against works of art and architectural monuments have taken place. Following the lead of different authors specialized on Islamic art and culture, such as Titus Bruckardt, among others; we distinguish a main difference between the destructions of works of art for political reasons and the prohibition to reproduce images that represent God and the Sacred