Would the RCC be in this predicament(imbedded things within the artworks) - as the article contends - if they had long ago decided not to put such an apparent emphasis on so-called sacred art and sacred images?
One wonders...
Graven images...
I think that anytime you have artists working or being commissioned, you will find artists subverting the message of their own pieces, which no one is supposed to notice.
Embedded imagery really doesn't "work" in terms of making people do things against their will, which is why it's not used to sell Keebler cookies.
You have it totally backward. Look at modern Catholic Churches and they are lacking in the imagery while the Church of Old was packed full of them. Now which one do you thing was the bigger problem.
I am sure you don't need me to help cure that bit of wonder.