1.0Father Steven Bighamhttps://stephanebigham.com/enPère Stéphane Bighamhttps://stephanebigham.com/en/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2ndKGOcm4F"><a href="https://stephanebigham.com/en/allegorical-personification-in-orthodox-iconography/">Allegorical Personification in Orthodox Iconography</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://stephanebigham.com/en/allegorical-personification-in-orthodox-iconography/embed/#?secret=2ndKGOcm4F" width="600" height="338" title="“Allegorical Personification in Orthodox Iconography” — Père Stéphane Bigham" data-secret="2ndKGOcm4F" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://stephanebigham.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>https://stephanebigham.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/allegory.png378425Allegorical personification played a major role in Graeco-Roman art: a human figure, not a real person, represented an abstract idea. The Christian artistic tradition, culminating in the icon, reduced or eliminated such symbols preferring depictions of real, historical persons and events. This article analyzes specific icons to show how the process developed.