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Unlock the Power of Biblical Imagery

Gustave Doré and the Modern Biblical Imagination explores the role of biblical imagery in modernity through the lens of Gustave Doré, whose work is among the most reproduced and adapted scriptural imagery in the history of Judeo-Christianity.

A Visual Language for the Bible

Doré’s Bible illustrations received widespread critical acclaim among both religious and lay audiences, and the next several decades saw unprecedented dissemination of the images on an international scale.

From Prayer Cards to Epic Films

The United States saw the most creative appropriations of Doré’s images among a plethora of media, from prayer cards and magic lantern slides to massive stained-glass windows and the spectacular epic films of Cecile B. DeMille.

Repositioning Biblical Imagery

This book repositions biblical imagery at the center of modernity, an era that has often been defined through a process of secularization, and argues that Doré’s biblical imagery negotiated the challenges of visualizing the Bible for modern audiences in both sacred and secular contexts.