Icons are NOT about art

Theotokos of Vladimir icon (Icon of 12 century)

"Icons are not about art.

Icons are not about left-overs of Byzantine style.

Icons are not about the idolatrous impulse within fallen humanity.

Icons are about the very nature of our salvation."

 

http://blogs.ancientfaith.com/glory2godforallthings/2009/08/18/the-role-of-icons-2/