Christianity

Abandoned religious items at the former <n>Cane Hill Asylum</n> in Coulsdon, England.

An emblem from <n>Jean Baudoin</n>'s 1638 book, <n>Recveil D'Emblemes Divers</n>.

1896 painting <n>Sagrado Coração de Jesus Redentor</n> by Portuguese artist <n>António Carneiro</n>.

<n>Heilige Mutter Gottes in der schmerzhaften Kapelle zu München</n>, a c. 1850 steel engraving by <n>E.G. May & Wirsing</n>.

The <n>Eye of Providence</n>, used as the logo for record label <n>Cardinal Fuzz</n>.

<n>The Apotheosis of Hoche</n> (1798), a satirical print by <n>James Gillray</n> depicting <n>Louis Lazare Hoche</n>.

A detail from <n>Amor vincit omnia</n> (c. 1602) by <n>Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio</n>.

Detail of <n>Saint Peter of Verona</n> from <n>Ambrogio Bergognone</n>'s painting, c. 1494.

Cover art for the song <n>Letting Go</n> by musician <n>Harry Parsons</n>.

<n>Cherub of Jekeskiel</n> by <n>Eliphas Levi</n> from the 1896 edition of The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regum.

A detail from <n>The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb</n> (1432) by <n>Hubert van Eyck</n> and <n>Jan van Eyck</n>.

<n>Ouroboros</n> illustration by <n>Matt The Alchemist</n>.

A detail from <n>The Virgin of the Rocks</n> by <n>Leonardo da Vinci</n>, c. 1508.

<n>Philipp Veit</n>'s fresco "<n>The Empyrean</n>" (1817-1824) depicts <n>Dante Alighieri</n> and <n>Beatrice Portinari</n>.

<n>Madonna in Sorrow</n> by <n>Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato</n> (1609-1685).

Detail from <n>Philippe de Champaigne</n>'s painting <n>Saint Augustine</n> (1645-1650).

An illustration from <n>Filippo Picinelli</n>'s <n>Mundus Symbolicus</n>, 1681.

A photograph of Saint <n>Gemma Galgani</n> (1878-1903).

Detail from <n>Old Woman and Boy with Candles</n> by <n>Cornelis Visscher (II)</n> after <n>Peter Paul Rubens</n>.

Detail of the painting <n>Saint Paul</n> (1611) by artist <n>Peter Paul Rubens</n>.

A 1613 woodcut from <n>Azoth, sive Aureliae occcultae philosophorum</n> by alchemist <n>Basilius Valentinus</n>.

French <n>holy card</n> (canivet) depicting the <n>Crowning of the Virgin</n>, printed by <n>Dopter</n> in Paris.

<n>Pietà</n> (1876) by French artist <n>William-Adolphe Bouguereau</n>.

19th-century painting <n>The Holy Trinity</n> in the <n>Church of the Holy Sepulchre</n>, Jerusalem. Photo by <n>Patrizia Tilly</n>.

A detail from <n>Matthias Stom</n>'s painting, <n>The Incredulity of Saint Thomas</n> (c. 1640-1649).

<n>The Apocalyptic Woman</n> (c. 1498), a woodcut from the 'Apocalypse' series by <n>Albrecht Dürer</n>.

An illumination by <n>Jean Colombe</n> from the <n>Hours of Louis de Laval</n>, c. 1480.

Detail from <n>Christ Crowned With Thorns</n> (c. 1470) by <n>Dirk Bouts</n>.

Detail from <n>Last Judgment</n> (c. 1432-35) by the artist <n>Fra Angelico</n>.

The <n>Statue of Saint Longinus</n> by <n>Gian Lorenzo Bernini</n> in <n>St. Peter's Basilica</n>. Photo by <n>Onik Bautista</n>.

<n>Giovanni di Paolo</n>'s "Saint Catherine of Siena Exchanging Her Heart with Christ," ca. 1460.