ABSTRACT
Inevitably, to some degree any type of classification prejudges issues, detecting common lines where others may prefer to see none, but whatever faults the method may have, it at least enables us to avoid a purely chronological investigation. The author look at artistic representations under three heads, what is called triadic, societal and incarnational images. By 'triadic' the author understands those images which focus on symbols of threeness, whether abstract such as a triangle or semi-representational such as three identical heads. By 'societal' the author mean those where the primary focus is on relationality, with its personal character stressed, and so one is immediately conscious of some form of interaction taking place. Finally, by 'incarnational' the author intend reference to those images where the primary idea involves some form of allusion to specific events in Christ's life.
