1577707 Iconoclasts tear down statues in a church; (add.info.: Iconoclasts tear down statues in a church during the Beeldenstorm in Antwerp, Netherlands, 1572. Beeldenstorm is a term used for outbreaks of destruction of religious images that occurred in Europe in the 16th century. During these spates of iconoclasm; Catholic art and many forms of church fittings and decoration were destroyed in unofficial or mob actions by nominally Calvinist Protestant crowds as part of the Protestant Reformation.); Universal History Archive/UIG; out of copyright.