Altering Images. Iconoclasm in Egypt. Grèce is added to the interest

is added to the interest of a sincere

Elisabeth Zawada

the prints were the collective work of an artist

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

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Altering Images. Iconoclasm in Egypt. Grèce is added to the interestThis 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,