
Seeing God in Art: The Christian Faith in 30 Images
Richard Harries
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
12:00pm
1 hour
Weston Lecture Theatre
£7 - £12.50
Event sponsored by
Former Bishop of Oxford Lord Richard Harries looks at 30 artists who have explored and expressed their faith in God through their art and reflects on how their work illuminates important aspects of Christian faith and teaching.
Harries looks at masterpieces by Rembrandt, Leonardo, Titian and Caravaggio alongside modern works by Chagall, Spencer and Rouault.
Harries spent 19 years as Bishop of Oxford and is now a life peer in the House of Lords where he is active on human rights issues. He is Emeritus Gresham Professor of Divinity and a visiting professor of theology at King’s College, London. He is also author of Haunted by Christ and The Beauty and the Horror.




























































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