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Module 3: Iconoclasm

Thursday 10/14: Introduction to Icons and Iconoclasm

Read/watch before class:

Brubaker, Inventing Byzantine Iconoclasm, “Introduction” and “Background” (pages 1-21)
St. John of Damascus, Three Treatises on the Divine Images, Treatise III, paragraph 2

Major assignments due: none

Leslie Brubaker, "Inventing Byzantine Iconoclasm"
Brubaker, Leslie. Inventing Byzantine Iconoclasm. Bristol Classical Press, 2012.
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St. John of Damascus, "Three Treatises on the Divine Images"
St. John of Damascus, Three Treatises on the Divine Images. Translated by Andrew Louth. New York: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2003.
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Tuesday 10/19: Forms of Iconoclasm and Presentation Prep

Major assignments due: none

Read/watch before class:

Review St. John of Damascus text

Robert Ousterhout, "Byzantine Architecture during Iconoclasm"
Ousterhout, Robert, "Byzantine Architecture during Iconoclasm," in Smarthistory September 18, 2020. https://smarthistory.org/architecture-during-iconoclasm/

Thursday 10/21: The Triumph of Orthodoxy and Presentation Prep

Read/watch before class: none (USE THIS TIME TO WORK ON YOUR PRESENTATIONS)

Major assignments due: none

Tuesday 10/26: Iconoclasm Presentations

Read/watch before class: none

Major assignments due: Icon presentations