Chen staunchly embraced left Marxist values throughout his life, though he gradually distanced himself from extreme iconoclasm and became slightly more appreciative of Indigenous thought towards the end of his career. Because of their impeccable credentials in modern scholarship and progressive politics, ...
After the violent wave of Calvinist iconoclasm known as the Beeldenstorm destroyed images in the Low Countries, Spain set up a tribunal to prosecute heresy—one that would see nearly 10,000 put on trial. In response, Protestants began to flee from the Low Countries; some historians estimate ...
Church - moving from icons to representations and back to iconoclasm - had a big influence on the development of high art. And the kings and lords as well . High art springs from the atmosphere of the palaces and the cathedrals. For a long time popular art was seen as vulgar, simpl...