[maryz]

"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God" -- Exodus 20:4-5

You might read up on The History of the Iconoclastic Heresy, which arose under the influence of Islam and against the already long tradition of veneration of images by the Church, and its condemnation by the Second Council of Nicea in the eigth century.

Basing itself on the mystery of the incarnate Word, the seventh ecumenical council at Nicaea (787) justified against the iconoclasts the veneration of icons -- of Christ, but also of the Mother of God, the angels, and all the saints. By becoming incarnate, the Son of God introduced a new "economy" of images.

The Incarnation made a much bigger, more far-reaching and more real difference than you seem to realize.

[Cvengr]

Heb 1:3
(3) Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Speaking of images and what Christ images for us, Hebrews 1 came to mind.