Michelangelo 's art contained hints of what universal elements ?
The decree confirmed the traditional doctrine that images only represented the person depicted , and that veneration to them was paid to the person themselves , not the image , and further instructed that : ... every superstition shall be removed ... all lasciviousness be avoided ; in such wise that figures shall not be painted or adorned with a beauty exciting to lust ... there be nothing seen that is disorderly , or that is unbecomingly or confusedly arranged , nothing that is profane , nothing indecorous , seeing that holiness becometh the house of God .