Conversely the painting served as a means of spreading reform ideas , but had a didactic function for laymen unfamiliar with iconography .
Utraquists needed to present their own saint , with the traditional saints , as one of the reasons their relationship to the paintings had religious themes .
The painting served as a means of spreading reform ideas , but had a didactic function for laymen unfamiliar with iconography .
Utraquists needed to present their own saint , with the traditional saints , as one of the reasons their relationship to the paintings had religious themes .