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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Iconoclast \I*con"o*clast\, n. [Gr. e'ikw`n image + ? to break: cf. F. iconoclaste.]
A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.
One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"breaker or destroyer of images," 1590s, from French iconoclaste and directly from Medieval Latin iconoclastes, from Late Greek eikonoklastes, from eikon (genitive eikonos) "image" + klastes "breaker," from klas- past tense stem of klan "to break" (see clastic). Originally those in the Eastern Church in 8c. and 9c. whose mobs of followers destroyed icons and other religious objects on the grounds that they were idols. Applied to 16c.-17c. Protestants in Netherlands who vandalized former Catholic churches on similar grounds. Extended sense of "one who attacks orthodox beliefs or institutions" is first attested 1842.
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation. 2 One who opposes orthodoxy and religion; one who adheres to the doctrine of iconoclasm. 3 One who attacks cherished beliefs.
WordNet
n. someone who tries to destroy traditional ideas or institutions [syn: image breaker]
Wikipedia
An iconoclast is one who professes iconoclasm; one who objects to the use of sacred images in religion, or who opposes orthodoxy and religion.
Iconoclast may also refer to:
Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance) is the fifth studio album by the German extreme metal band Heaven Shall Burn. The album was released in Europe on 28 January 2008, followed by an American release on 5 February 2008; both dates through Century Media Records.
The album entered the German Media Control chart at No. 21.
Iconoclast is the second studio album by Australian black metal band Nazxul. The album, released through Moribund Records, was the band's first studio release in more than a decade, as their Black Seed EP was released in 1998.
Iconoclast is the eighth album by American progressive metal band Symphony X. It was released on June 17, 2011, in Europe, June 21, 2011, in the United States and on June 28, 2011, in Canada.
Ascension of the Watchers, is the project of Burton C. Bell (Fear Factory and City of Fire) and John Bechdel (False Icons, Fear Factory, Killing Joke, Prong, Murder Inc. and Ministry)
The EP was released in two formats: a limited edition of 500 copies, manufactured in 12" vinyl black color, and Enhanced CD, a limited edition of 1000 copies. The CD includes five songs and a video for "On the River", an interview with Burton and John, and links to websites. CD and vinyl, containing art works and different photographs of Burton. Every purchase included a signed promotional photo.
Iconoclast is a demo EP by Ascension of the Watchers (formerly The Watchers), the band led by Fear Factory's frontman Burton C. Bell, published a full-length MP3 of the track "Evading" through their official website. The track appeared on this five-song demo, which includes contributions from John Bechdel.
Iconoclast is a New York avant jazz duo consisting of Julie Joslyn (alto saxophone, live electronics, violin, vocals) and Leo Ciesa (drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals). Iconoclast has been performing and recording since 1987 and has released nine studio albums.
The duo has received an Artist's Fellowship in Music Composition from the New York Foundation for the Arts as well as grants from Meet the Composer and from Arts International: The Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions.
Iconoclast has performed at festivals in The United States, Canada, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Czech Republic, and Slovenia. The duo performed regularly beginning in 1988 at the New York clubs CBGB and the Knitting Factory. Iconoclast collaborated and performed with Polish poet Andrzej Dorobek.
Iconoclast also composed and performed the music for the documentary film "Savage Acts: Wars, Fairs and Empire" and the online exploration game “The Lost Museum” (both by the American Social History Project), and the soundtracks for the films “The Bench” (Poland, 2010) and “Con gli occhi di domain”/“With Tomorrow’s Eyes” (Italy, 2006).
DISCOGRAPHY
- Naked Rapture (Fang Records, 2014)
- Dirty Jazz (Fang Records, 2010)
- The Body Never Lies (Fang Records, 2006)
- The Dreadful Dance (Fang Records, 2005)
- In The Vodka Garden (Record One, Russia, 2005)
- Paradise (Fang Records, 2000)
- Blood is Red (Fang Records, 1995)
- The Speed of Desire (Fang Records, 1992)
- City of Temptation (Fang Records, 1990)
- Sins of New York (Cassette, 1989)
Collections
- The NYFA Collection: 25 Years of New York New Music (Innova, 2010)
- Transforms: The Nerve Events Project (Cuneiform, 1993)
REFERENCES
EXTERNAL LINKS
- Iconoclast Website
- The Lost Museum
- Savage Acts: Wars, Fairs, and Empires
- Con gli occhi di domain/With Tomorrow’s Eyes
Category:American jazz ensembles Category:Musical groups from New York City Category:Avant-garde jazz ensembles Category:Musical groups established in 1987
ICONoclast is the debut release for Clinton Sparks. It was released on the 9 September through Def Jam, Photo Finish Records. This EP is the first solo material released by Clinton Sparks, for being behind the scenes producing and song-writing for other artists for so many years Clinton decided to go it alone after Kanye West and Beyoncé saying that he should and also having so many other artist deals from different labels. The EP is a genre defying music embodiment of Clinton's influences ranging from Queen, Weezer, Prince all the way to De la Soul, Teddy Riley
Usage examples of "iconoclast".
Seventh child of Leo the Drungar, who conducted military and administrative affairs for the Byzantine court in Thessalonica, Constantine held a number of official and diplomatic posts and was raised amid the stark icon-free churches of the iconoclasts who were then in power in Constantinople.
I called on the bishop, who held the office of Grand Inquisitor, and told him word for word the conversation I had had with the iconoclast chaplain.
The Tenebrae had turned it into a charnel pit well before the Iconoclasts razed it, and when the forces of the Accord burn a world, it stays burned!
An apparently uncontrollable iconoclast, Thompson was discharged today after one of the most hectic and unusual Air Force careers in recent history.
I felt that my fault might be adjudged as great as Segur's, and not caring to run the risk of a like punishment I called on the bishop, who held the office of Grand Inquisitor, and told him word for word the conversation I had had with the iconoclast chaplain.
Amidst the triumph of the Catholic arms, the Roman pontiff convened a synod of ninety-three bishops against the heresy of the Iconoclasts.
But the decrees of a general council could only be repealed by a similar assembly: ^78 the Iconoclasts whom she convened were bold in possession, and averse to debate.
Ever since thumbprint-secured debit cards had become the principal medium of exchange, the shrunken remnant of the cash economy belonged to small-time tax evaders, anti-establishment iconoclasts, debtors on the run, and other assorted cranks and petty criminals.
Professor Albers, goaded by his young tormentor, marshaled an impressive battery of anti-clerical critics whose gibes at all churches and their nefarious skill in capturing the land of backward countries pleased the young iconoclasts of that day, and for several biting weeks the professor carried the day, and the dormitories rang with the famous gibes against the Hawaiian missionaries: "They came to the island to do good, and they did right well.
Behind its facade of indignation and righteousness, the line she had forced herself to listen to was, like so many philosophies that she had heard from other misfits and self-styled iconoclasts, really nothing more than a massive exercise in self-justification.
From being one of the iconoclasts, he had become one of the plaster images, and yet (and this was the really wonderful thing) without once compromising his serious ideals, without once knuckling under to reactionary rulings.
I shall briefly represent the founder of a new dynasty, who is known to posterity by the invectives of his enemies, and whose public and private life is involved in the ecclesiastical story of the Iconoclasts.
Behind these are the subaltern sects, subdivided from the principal divisions, the Nestorians, the Eutycheans, the Jacobites, the Iconoclasts, the Anabaptists, the Presbyterians, the Wicliffites, the Osiandrians, the Manicheans, the Pietists, the Adamites, the Contemplatives, the Quakers, the Weepers, and a hundred others,** all of distinct parties, persecuting when strong, tolerant when weak, hating each other in the name of a God of peace, forming each an exclusive heaven in a religion of universal charity, dooming each other to pains without end in a future state, and realizing in this world the imaginary hell of the other.