Essay-Discuss Byzantine Iconoclasm and how it changed art.
Due to iconoclasm, the destruction of images, during the Byzantine era, few Christian icons of the Christ, Virgin, and saints survived. Supporters of this movement believed Christians had confused these images with idol worship. Iconoclasts continued to destroy and ban icons for centuries to come. Artists halted creating portrait style images of holy figures and embarked on a symbolic form style. Symbols like the cross became the subject of Christian art.
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