In the Name of the Image
Langer, Axel / Museum Rietberg / Behrens Abouseif, Doris / Blume, Dieter / Erismann, Christophe / Flood, Finbarr Barry / Fricke, Beate / Gruber, Christiane / Heinzelmann, Tobias / Karimi, Ahmad Milad / Langer, Axel / Majer, Hans Georg / Schurte, René / Spanke, Daniel / Weis, Friedericke / Barandun, Claudio
In the Name of the Image primarily attempts to direct attention to the history of both Islamic and Christian cultures, tracing and analyzing their ways of dealing with images. Even though both Christianity and Islam are familiar with religious bans on images, pictures, portraits, and other works of pictorial art can still be found in both cultural areas. Still, the prohibition of images is mainly associated with Islam, while the question of wh...
