| Acknowledgments | |
| Lenders | |
| Directors' Preface | |
| Introduction | 1 |
| Gustave Moreau and the Italian Renaissance | 5 |
| Gustave Moreau and Exoticism | 15 |
| The Middle Ages as Reinvented by Gustave Moreau | 22 |
| Gustave Moreau and the Symbolist Ideal | 33 |
| Catalogue | |
| Formative Years | 42 |
| First Achievements as a History Painter | 75 |
| Dossier: Oedipus and the Sphinx | |
| Years of Success | 133 |
| Dossier: Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra | |
| Final Years of the Symbolist Painter | 231 |
| Chronology | 275 |
| Bibliography | 299 |
| List of Exhibitions | 302 |
| Index | 304 |
| Photography Credits | 308 |