Study on Christian Iconography

Christian iconography is very broad, and a good model is the iconographic factory of our Orthodox brothers, for example.

Serving the iconography of remembrance, and also for prayer: it recreates biblical passages, and also of Saints, to put in front of our retinas what the author's imaginary imagined about what happened

An example is the iconic representation of the death of St. Thomas Becket in this chest of the twelfth century. Where in the frontal appear his enemies killing him by the sword. And at the top, on the lid, appear his successors blessing him as a Saint.

This casket of St. Thomas More at his crossroads could well have served as inspiration, and also as encouragement in the face of the test centuries later.

Jewels like this are collected as iconographic studies for our delight at the Complutense Spanish University:

https://www.ucm.es/bdiconografiamedieval/temas-cristianos

😀 Surely you find some work inspiring 😀

References:

Catechism of the Catholic Church click here

2131 Basing itself on the mystery of the incarnate Word, the seventh ecumenical council at Nicaea (787) justified against the iconoclasts the veneration of icons - of Christ, but also of the Mother of God, the angels, and all the saints. By becoming incarnate, the Son of God introduced a new "economy" of images.

Piece of Art: 

POZA YAGÜE, Marta (2011): "Santo Tomás Becket", Base de datos digital de Iconografía Medieval. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. En línea: www.ucm.es/bdiconografiamedieval/santo-tomas-becket

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