Empress Irene of Athens, a pivotal figure in Byzantine history, navigated a world of political intrigue and religious ...

Although she ruled solely for only five years, she left a lasting impact on the foreign policy and religious practices of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. Irene’s significant policy was ending ...

This course examines the art and architecture of the Byzantine empire from its sources in Late Antique ... their rejection during Iconoclasm, and their theological justification. The city of ...

You'll have to pardon those slightly sardonic quotes, because I'm afraid this is that kind of story: a bit iconoclastic, and likely to provoke ... a lifelong student of the byzantine inner workings of ...

The late artist’s work has always bristled against the boundaries of categorization, and it does so particularly here, in an exhibition centered around Afrofuturism. Barkley L. Hendricks, "Self ...

That was Donald Trump’s appeal in the mid-1980s, and he employs the same basic rationale as an iconoclastic politician on the national stage. But it’s not just that unrepentant Jeffersonianism ...

The term “iconoclastic” comes to mind, because Ventura breaks barriers and smashes images and social norms, particularly regarding what it means to be feminine and beautiful. Yet, her iconoclasm is ...

So her aide sought the perspective of an iconoclastic MIT professor, Theodore A. Postol, who in the months after the attack had released preliminary research suggesting that the use of chemical ...

this immediately suggests that Tóth’s life work fits squarely in the middle of a style of Brutalist architecture that is not singular and iconoclastic but rather typical and intermediate.” ...

A modern depiction of Digenes Akritas depicted in the style of a Byzantine icon by Greek artist Dimitrios Skourtelis. Credit: Dimitrios Skourtelis / Reddit Digenes Akritas (Διγενής Ακρίτας) is one of ...