Typology

Typology refers to the concept of Old Testament scenes and characters as foreshadowing those within the New Testament within the broader artform of Christian iconography. This was typically illustrated through the juxtaposition of imagery from the former with that of the latter, for example the depiction of David's fight with Goliath mirrored by Christ's resistance to Satan.

Typology was popular and enduring form of religious illustartion and was ubiquitous across Western art throughout the Middle Ages.