... both convincing and well illustrated ... this book deserves to be commended as a highly creative stimulus to our thinking on the period. Art and Christianity
The volume provides a wide range of fascinating case studies from a multitude of cultural contexts, a rich diversity of visual records and numerous reproductions. Print Quarterly
On the whole, this is a well-edited, useful, and stimulating collection of papers that explore the range of meaning of the idol between the poles of art and religious cult in the modern era. Catholic Historical Review
Michael W. Cole is Professor of Art History and Chair of the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, USA.
Rebecca Zorach is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago.