The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Bernini (1652), Saint Maud dir. Rose Glass (2020).

And connecting these two works in my brain is Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (2000). Trashy as it may be, it turns into an exhilarating tour of Rome, and the insistent name-dropping of works and locations makes for compelling Google fodder. The imagery roils up my long-lost memories of crumbling churches and bloody saints that fill up a Catholic child’s imagination.