I'm sure there will be more definitive answers to this (Otfried?),
but one image that apparently came under official censure in Europe
was a figure of the Trinity with three faces on the same head. I'm
afraid I don't know where or when this was censured, but as odd an
image as it seems, there are still examples into the 17th century.
Also, St Antoninus of Florence in the 15th century censured images of
the Annunciation which depicted a "homunculus" zooming down towards
the Virgin on a beam of light, since it suggested that Christ's human
nature preceded his incarnation in Mary. The Reformation is the real
place to look for censuring of imagery, though. Luther was against
anything non-biblical, both in general subject matter and in the way
that biblical scenes were depicted, and he certainly wasn't alone in
this. The plentiful images of donors depicted in the same space as
biblical scenes die out almost completely through the 16th century.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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