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| *Members Only Lecture* September 23, 2023 2:00 PM ET | | | | | "Iconoclasm and Reuse: The Visual Culture of Islamic Egypt" with Professor Richard McGregor  This presentation focuses on Pharaonic spolia, which were reused in Islamic religious architecture. Islamic interaction with the objects of previous religious cultures began in Arabia, where the earliest narratives dealt extensively with idols and iconoclasm. The association of spectral figures with Arabian idols and shrines is continued in Egypt around Pharaonic ruins. Medieval perspectives on the material ruins of ancient Egypt were varied. I show that Pharaonic monuments were not seen simply with rabid iconoclastic prejudice, but more typically through a wide range of aesthetic considerations: some believed hieroglyphs were an archive of valuable ancient sciences, others pointed to the artistic excellence displayed in Pharaonic design and painting – offering analysis largely reflecting Greek theories of beauty.
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