Altering Images. Iconoclasm in Egypt. Grèce and the rise and fall

and the rise and fall of the Abbasid

which is also truth

devoted a large part of his life and his knowledge to bringing together

from cradle to grave

Elisabeth Zawada

Altering Images. Iconoclasm in Egypt. Grèce and the rise and fallThis volume originates from a two part conference held in 2020 and 2021, jointly organised by eikones Centre for the Study of the History and Theory of the Image at the University of Basel and the University of Lige. It explores the diachronic reception of pharaonic imagery and the conditions that led to its alteration. Paradoxically, iconoclasmintended to diminish the power of imagesultimately reinforces the significance of the ever powerful visual,