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Actor <n>Barbara O. Jones</n> in <n>Diary of an African Nun</n> (1977), directed by <n>Julie Dash</n>.

<n>Spectral Seating</n> by <n>ViewFromTheGrave</n>.

A still from <n>Nigel Wingrove</n>'s 1989 short film, <n>Visions of Ecstasy</n>.

The 2013 remodel of <n>St. Moritz Church</n> by architect <n>John Pawson</n>. Photo by <n>Hufton + Crow</n>.

A c. 1870 photograph by <n>Laurent</n> of the <n>Virgen de la Soledad de Zamora</n> statue.

<n>Virgen de la Estrella</n>, a <n>Baroque</n> sculpture by <n>Luisa Roldán</n> (1680).

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>Agnus Dei</n> (1635-40) by <n>Francisco de Zurbarán</n>, from the collection of the <n>Museo Nacional del Prado</n>.

A sculpture of <n>Nossa Senhora das Dores</n> (Our Lady of Sorrows).

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<n>Mater Dolorosa</n>, a polychromed wood sculpture by <n>Pedro de Mena</n>, c. 1670-1675.

From the <n>Comme des Garçons SHIRT</n> Autumn/Winter 2007 campaign, shot by <n>Stephen Wolstenholme</n>.

Actor <n>Zoë Lund</n> in a still from the 1981 film <n>Ms. 45</n>, directed by <n>Abel Ferrara</n>.

Album art for <n>The Funeral of Who I Refuse to Be</n> by musician <n>Chloe Ament</n>.

Artwork used on the covers for the books <n>Het Korte Leven</n> and <n>Geschiedenis Van Het Huilen</n>.

<n>Untitled (Mask)</n> by <n>Ray Donley</n>, 2011.

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<n>Angels</n> (1974) by <n>Bruce Conner</n> and <n>Edmund Shea</n>.

<n>Jessica Lange</n> as <n>Sister Jude</n> in <n>American Horror Story: Asylum</n>.

Interior of <n>Notre Dame du Haut</n> in Ronchamp, designed by <n>Le Corbusier</n>. Photo by <n>seier+seier+seier</n>.

<n>The Sacrificial Lamb</n>, a <n>Baroque</n> painting by <n>Josefa de Ayala</n>, c. 1670–1684.