You know, the word iconoclast brings to mind its root as an icon, or image. For instance, Jesus Christ, to the King James Bible student ( a separate group from fundamentalists and scholars), is said to be the Icon or image of God the Father, which is what Adam lost when they fell in the Garden of Eden, and since one's god is the one served (not merely the lip served one), Satan took over, and death entered the picture. Furthermore, the whole universe was corrupted as a result, and physics was changed from its previous state. A curse was placed on all nature, which is to be taken away at the Second advent, for the greater part (2 cor 4:4) (revelation 19).
But two false professors got to arguing about 1054 whether a raised or a graven image was the correct "aid to worship"...and that led to a break between Western and Eastern forms of Roman Catholicism. And it seems to be the thing discussed in which end to break the egg from in Gullivers Travels. Art has its eternal symbols...and loss of these symbols will render much art not comprehensible.
Its a thought. This should interest artists, whether they believe in my thesis or no...
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