Using the Evidence: Reading Byzantine Icons

1. Question

   Viewing icons from opposing perspectives: How might supporters and opponents of icons have responded to these visual sources?

2. Question

   Identifying religious ideas in art: What elements of religious thought or practice can you identify in these icons? In what ways were these religious ideas represented artistically?

3. Question

   Comparing images of Jesus: In what different ways is Jesus portrayed in the three icons? What similarities can you identify?

4. Question

   Comparing religious art cross-culturally: How might you compare these icons to the Buddha images in Chapter 4 (Visual Source 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4)? Consider their purposes, their religious content, and their modes of artistic representation.