Hagia Irene Church in Istanbul

Iconoclasm, Greek for "image-breaking", in the 8th and 9th century Byzantine world


Ivory Icon with the Koimesis ("Falling Asleep") of the Virgin Mary, late 10th century.
Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople
Inscribed in Greek: The Koimesis



Relief statues in St. Stevenskerk in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, were attacked and defaced in the 16th century.