A one-day symposium exploring that questions is being hosted at the Museum of Biblical Art on February 7th. A PDF of the conference schedule is available here . The intriguing lineup of speakers, chosen by the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art , appears to be leaning toward the following answer: “There have, but they’ve been ignored.” I suppose, therefore, it would be especially unjust to ignore this symposium as well.
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