About the Symposium
This year marks the 450th anniversary of the Beeldenstorm, the wave of iconoclasm that swept over the Low Countries in 1566. This defining moment in Netherlandish history will be commemorated with a two-day symposium, 9 and 10 December 2016, which will consider the Beeldenstorm in relation to iconoclasm as a global phenomenon.
With:
Marisa Bass, Yale University, Under Alba’s Thumb: The Public Monument as Enemy
Koenraad Jonckheere, Ghent University, Materiality, Medium and Space: The Use and Perception of the Image in the Wake of the Beeldenstorm
