Chancellors Autumn Lectures: Smashing Images

As part of the Chancellors annual Autumn Lectures, this years series explores the rich interplay between art and faith.Building on Chichester Cathedrals long tradition of engaging with sacred art, these lectures will reflect on how artists across the centuries - from the creators of early icons to modern figures such as celebrated artist and printmaker John Piper - have sought to express the divine through colour, form, and imagination.Together, the lectures invite us to consider how sacred images speak into our lives today: how they illuminate scripture, shape worship, deepen our sense of place, and prompt us to see the world anew.Spaces on the Chancellor's Autumn Lectures cost 10.00 per person (including a glass of wine and soft drink).About this lectureDespite the splendours of Christian art, its use in the Church has not gone uncontested.

Picking up on a theme from the first lecture, this one will discuss the rise of iconoclasm in the English Reformation, why it re-emerged then and how it impacted Chichester Cathedral during both the early years of the Reformation and in the Civil War.The speaker for this Lecture will be announced shortly.