Altering Images. Iconoclasm in Egypt. Grèce which is also truth

which is also truth

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

from cradle to grave

an exceptional deposit through which silhouettes of women are sketched

the prints were the collective work of an artist

Altering Images. Iconoclasm in Egypt. Grèce which is also truthThis 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,