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Renowned art historian Professor Martin Kemp pays tribute to the masterpiece of art and architecture that is Trinity College chapel and offers a guided tour of its beauties. Kemp has long admired the chapel of his home college, and it is the subject of his latest book. He argues that Ralph Bathurst, the 16th-century president of the college, is the effective ‘author’ of the chapel. The interior of the chapel is renowned for having one of the most integrated collections of sculpture and painting of any chapel in Britain. It includes altar carvings by Grinling Gibbons and a ceiling painting of Christ in Glory by Pierre Berchet. The talk will be followed by the opportunity to enjoy a glass of wine and to visit the chapel with Kemp.

Kemp is emeritus professor in the history of art at the University of Oxford and an honorary fellow of Trinity College.  He is a world authority on Leonardo da Vinci and his previous books include Leonardo and Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon.

This event lasts one hour 45 minutes.