The Bible Gallery

About this book

The Flood rolls across a ruined landscape. Moses stands before the sea. Angels, prophets and kings appear in scenes that feel enormous enough to occupy a cathedral wall.

Gustave Doré's biblical engravings have an astonishing sense of scale, turning familiar episodes into landscapes of weather, stone, light and human drama. Talbot W. Chambers supplies accompanying commentary in this illustrated edition. The familiar stories acquire new force through the artists' heavy shadows, expressive faces and towering architecture.