ART• Artworks which promoted a religious message - principally the need forsalvation and a reinforcement of faith - were produced in huge numbers andchief amongst these were wall mosaics, wall paintings, and icons.• Although icons could take almost any form of material, the most popularwere small painted wooden panels. Designed to be carried or hung on walls,they were made using the encaustic technique where coloured pigmentswere mixed with wax and burned into the wood as an inlay. With thepurpose of facilitating communication between the onlooker and the divine,the single figures are typically full frontal with a nimbus or halo around themto emphasise their holiness.