{"id":1055,"date":"2022-02-07T14:04:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T14:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2023-07-15T09:21:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T09:21:18","slug":"the-kind-of-likeness-that-is-no-likeness-at-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/?p=1055","title":{"rendered":"Likenesses that are no likeness at all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1907 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_5515-e1688900965950-219x300.jpg?resize=260%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_5515-e1688900965950.jpg?resize=219%2C300&amp;ssl=1 219w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_5515-e1688900965950.jpg?resize=747%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 747w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_5515-e1688900965950.jpg?resize=768%2C1053&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_5515-e1688900965950.jpg?resize=535%2C733&amp;ssl=1 535w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_5515-e1688900965950.jpg?resize=600%2C822&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_5515-e1688900965950.jpg?w=942&amp;ssl=1 942w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: there is the kind of likeness that is no likeness at all. Mikael Aktor calls it &#8216;aniconism&#8217;. [1]<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4695.jpg?resize=260%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: to follow this train of thought read Aktor and W. J. T. Mitchell together. [2]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2751 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0965-e1674756434334-256x300.jpeg?resize=260%2C305&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0965-e1674756434334.jpeg?resize=256%2C300&amp;ssl=1 256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0965-e1674756434334.jpeg?resize=535%2C626&amp;ssl=1 535w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0965-e1674756434334.jpeg?resize=600%2C703&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0965-e1674756434334.jpeg?w=661&amp;ssl=1 661w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: Aktor describes stones and poles whose visual qualities are nothing like the deities they make present in Indian village environments. Mitchell famously said that<span class=\"s1\"> if pictures were persons, then they would demand equal rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2531\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2023-01-09-at-12.05.42.png?resize=260%2C230&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2023-01-09-at-12.05.42.png?resize=300%2C265&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2023-01-09-at-12.05.42.png?resize=768%2C679&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2023-01-09-at-12.05.42.png?resize=535%2C473&amp;ssl=1 535w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2023-01-09-at-12.05.42.png?resize=600%2C530&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldtantracatalogue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2023-01-09-at-12.05.42.png?w=792&amp;ssl=1 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[1]<\/strong> Aktor, M. (2017) &#8216;The Hindu pa\u00f1ca\u0304yatanapu\u0304ja\u0304 in the aniconism spectrum&#8217;, <em>Religion<\/em>, 47:3, pp. 503-519.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[2]<\/strong> Mitchell, W. J. T. (1996) &#8216;What do pictures &#8220;really&#8221; want?&#8217;, <i>October<\/i>, Summer, 1996, Vol. 77, pp. 71-82.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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