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The absence of images (Aniconism)
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The fundamental cause of aniconism is embedded in the problematic nature of representation. There is an unavoidable need to represent the world in images since this is how our cognition works, but what is the validity of a representation witch is not perceptible to our biological senses, but are something outside of their reach?
Image (non-image)
An attempt not to
– look like or resemble
– stand in for something or someone
– present or re-present