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> form of the face coming from iconography You imply that there is only one "form" of his face depicted in iconography, but this is not the case. There is wide
by TheFreim 2y ago
> form of the face coming from iconography
You imply that there is only one "form" of his face depicted in iconography, but this is not the case. There is wide variation in how he has been depicted going back to the 14th century. Here is a selection of images from the 14th and 15th centuries which are closer to the reconstruction than they are different:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Lippo_Memmi_-_Triumph_of_St_Thomas_Aquinas_-_WGA15020.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Lippo_Me...
https://www.kressfoundation.org/kress-collection/artwork/49819416c14a0f8359a8e1dee3d4fc27721f6320bc9ea3c46f94dce036243d85 https://www.kressfoundation.org/kress-collection/artwork/498...
https://catholiceducation.org/en/culture/art/saint-thomas-aquinas-1447-1449.html https://catholiceducation.org/en/culture/art/saint-thomas-aq...
https://catholicclassicalict.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image-3.png https://catholicclassicalict.wordpress.com/wp-content/upload...
https://www.wikiart.org/en/fra-angelico/st-thomas-aquinas-1440 https://www.wikiart.org/en/fra-angelico/st-thomas-aquinas-14...