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First Iconoclast Period
The first major Byzantine Iconoclast phase, conventionally dated 726–787 in the BIU001 reference source.
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History + Iconoclasm profile
720s–787 · Imperial policy
First Iconoclast Phase · contested beginning
Dating / scope noteThe preserved BIU005 entity keeps its earlier 726–787 label. Current Smarthistory synthesis describes the struggle as beginning in the 720s and treats the traditional 726/730 Chalke removal narrative as uncertain.
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Smarthistory
Byzantine Iconoclasm and the Triumph of Orthodoxy
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Byzantine Iconoclasm and the Triumph of Orthodoxy
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14 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 2 navigation themes
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Cross in Iconoclast ProgramsFirst Iconoclast Period ←promoted-during— Cross in Iconoclast Programs · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-287.Iconomachy / “Image Struggle”First Iconoclast Period ←historical-term-for— Iconomachy / “Image Struggle” · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-261.“Transitional Period” in Byzantine ArchitectureFirst Iconoclast Period ←frames-context-around— “Transitional Period” in Byzantine Architecture · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-269.CappadociaFirst Iconoclast Period ←associated-with-period— Cappadocia · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-817.
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- First Iconoclast PeriodTwo explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
promoted-duringCross in Iconoclast ProgramsusesHagia Eirene Apse Cross, mid–late 750s - Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
- First Iconoclast PeriodTwo explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
associated-with-periodCappadociaoccurs-atPost-Iconoclastic Cappadocian Figurative Programs
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← frames-context-around“Transitional Period” in Byzantine Architecture
qualified-source-backed · Smarthistory
← promoted-duringCross in Iconoclast Programs
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smarthistory
← provides-continuity-throughSinai Survival of Early Icons
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← complicates-single-narrative-ofRegional Variation during the Image Controversy
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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