The apparent contradiction of these positions confused Arnold Hauser , in his famous The Social History of Art , into wrongly claiming Asterius as an Iconoclast .
Arnold Hauser 's objection to images on clothes is on the grounds of expense and frivolity .
The apparent contradiction of these positions confused Arnold Hauser , in his famous The Social History of Art , into wrongly claiming Asterius as an Iconoclast , but his objection to images on clothes is on the grounds of expense and frivolity .