great article, thanks brian!
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From: Basic and applied design (Art and Architecture)
[mailto:DESIGN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of brian carroll
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Subject: iconodules
The Magic of Images: Word and Picture in a Media Age
CAMILLE PAGLIA // via drudgereport.com
http://www.bu.edu/arion/Paglia_11.3/Paglia_Magic%20of%20Images.htm
'Literal iconoclasm was undertaken in Afghanistan in 2001 when the
Taliban ordered the pulverizing by artillery fire of ancient colossi of
Buddha, carved out of a cliff at Bamian.'
'... The austere, white Protestant church in the seventeenth-century
neoclassical style of Christopher Wren (the fount of American church
design) is a temple to reason, with no images...'
'Byzantine icons hugely influenced European culture: their arrival
in
medieval Italy revived Italian art...'
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-----Original Message-----
From: Basic and applied design (Art and Architecture)
[mailto:DESIGN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of brian carroll
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 12:15 AM
To: DESIGN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: iconodules
The Magic of Images: Word and Picture in a Media Age
CAMILLE PAGLIA // via drudgereport.com
http://www.bu.edu/arion/Paglia_11.3/Paglia_Magic%20of%20Images.htm
'Literal iconoclasm was undertaken in Afghanistan in 2001 when the
Taliban ordered the pulverizing by artillery fire of ancient colossi of
Buddha, carved out of a cliff at Bamian.'
'... The austere, white Protestant church in the seventeenth-century
neoclassical style of Christopher Wren (the fount of American church
design) is a temple to reason, with no images...'
'Byzantine icons hugely influenced European culture: their arrival
in
medieval Italy revived Italian art...'
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