A Model of Heaven: Tracing Images of Holiness in a Collection of 63.000 Lantern Slides (1880-1940)

This paper explores representations of holiness in a collection of 63.000 lantern slides. Using the multimodal model CLIP, it sheds light on the transition between the real and the imaginary, the holy and the profane. It demonstrates how CLIP can help scholars deal with complex visual concepts such as holiness.