The ban ended iconoclasm in the Byzantine Empire and allowed the art of Christian figures to flourish.

The ban ended iconoclasm in the Byzantine Empire and allowed the art of Christian figures to flourish.

Iconoclasm

He argued that God in the Ten Commandments had prohibited images

The period of iconoclasm was primarily triggered by religious and political motivations. In the 8th and 9th centuries, Byzantine emperors, such as Leo III and his successors, initiated the destruction of religious icons and other religious imagery due to concerns of idolatry and the belief that they were distracting people from the true worship of God. This sparked a widespread movement of iconoclasm across the Byzantine Empire.