圣像论争是西方中世纪神学领域和视觉文化领域的一次重要事件，对西方后来的视觉文化产生了深远影响。本文将对这一论争的神学及文化语境进行分析，并围绕论争的焦点问题即可见性与不可见性、摹本与原型的关系探讨不可见性的表征在神学语境中的悖论性价值及其在视觉文化实践中的效用。

The debate on icon was an important event in the theological and visual cultural field in the Western Medieval era, and it exerted a profound influence on Western visual culture. This paper examines the theological and cultural context of the debate, and with a focus on the relationship between invisibility and visibility, the paper discusses the paradoxical value of representation and its effects on visual cultural field.