RT Book
T1 Gustave Doré and the modern Biblical imagination
T2 Oxford scholarship online
A1 Schaefer, Sarah
A2 Doré, Gustave 1832-1883
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1779837186
AB 'Gustave Dorâe and the Modern Biblical Imagination' explores the role of Biblical imagery in modernity, an era that has often been defined through a process of secularization. It does so through the lens of Gustave Dorâe (1832-83), whose work is among the most reproduced and adapted scriptural imagery in the history of Judeo-Christianity. The book argues that Dorâe's biblical imagery negotiated the challenges of visualizing the Bible for modern audiences in both sacred and secular contexts. A set of texts whose veracity and authority were under unprecedented scrutiny in this period, the Bible was at the center of a range of historical, theological, and cultural debates. Gustave Dorâe is at the nexus of these narratives, as his work established the most pervasive visual language for biblical imagery in the past two and a half centuries.
NO Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 4, 2021)
SN 9780190075842
K1 Doré, Gustave : 1832-1883 : Criticism and interpretation
K1 Bible : Illustrations
DO 10.1093/oso/9780190075811.001.0001