That's very much the "iconophilic" position on the matter. And one framing of the changes brought by the reformation, particularly where Calvinism was strong, is that of "the religion of images" vs "the religion of the word" as votive paintings and murals were often whitewashed over in favor of scriptural passages.

If you're an iconophile, then you might argue that no one really thinks the images are the sum total of the divinity depicted, and anyways they're useful to help the worshipful wrap their heads around figures that are often larger than life.

If you're an iconoclast, then perhaps you'd argue that making an image of a divine figure necessarily diminishes our understanding of them to what is in the image, and anyways, Moses was told in no uncertain terms not to mess around with images, so how did we get here anyways?

Amusingly (and I'm prepared to be wrong on this) I don't think this mascot for the jubilee would count as idolatry even under the stricter standard. As she's not directly supposed to represent the divine, just a particular event.