Sebuah dekrit saking Konsili Nicea kalih saking warsa 787 sampun baosin: "Komposisi gambar religi nenten dados kabiarin dados inspirasi seniman; punika mawit saking prinsip-prinsip sane katerapin olih gereja katolik lan tradisi kaagamaan.
An edict of the Second Council of Nicaea in 787 had declared: "The composition of religious images is not to be left to the inspiration of artists; it is derived from the principles put in place by the Catholic Church and religious tradition.