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chromoclasm

noun

Etymology

Coined by Michel Pastoureau as Blend of chroma + iconoclasm

Definitions

  1. The elimination or reduction of colorfulness for religious reasons.

    • There is no clear evidence that the polychromy of altarpieces was at that stage wilfully removed or overpainted, which would suggest chromoclasm, a term coined by Michel Pastoureau.
    • Protestant chromoclasm, whether Lutheran or Calvinist, involved the church and the worship service first of all. For the great reformers, the presence of color was excessive there; it had to be reduced or eliminated.

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