Consequences of iconoclasm in Christianity and Islam

Each of the religions have used different fields of art, such as painting, to advance their goals and present their ideas in expressing their principles and manifesting spiritual truths; However, some others have avoided visual expression. Therefore, the religious attitude towards painting can be presented in three categories: symbolic, non-symbolic, and iconoclastic. In a non-symbolic perspective, such as geometric processing in Islamic holy places, art is often mixed with symbolism and the depiction of human and animal bodies is avoided. In the iconoclastic view, the role of sacred images is negation and any artwork with this theme is condemned and condemned to destruction. The victory of the iconoclasm movement in Byzantium against the iconoclasts caused different results among the supporters of Abrahamic religions and marked the beginning of remarkable and remarkable events in theological and artistic fields. This research, using a descriptive-analytical method, examines the consequences of the iconoclasm movement in the two religions of Christianity and Islam. In the end, it was found that the religious attitude towards iconography among the Jews limited the visual arts and neglected the representational arts, and in Christianity, it caused the expansion of geometrical decorations in the church and holy places. This category among Muslims caused the spread of Islamic art, especially abstract art.