Met Gala Celebs and the Religious Art They Were Inspired By

Art history majors rejoice

Met Gala 2018
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This year's Met Gala theme was "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination," and these celebrities clearly did their research. Ahead, see all the religious iconography that celebs used as inspiration for their big night.

This article originally appeared on Town & Country.

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CONFESSIONAL BOOTH AND CARA DELEVIGNE

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Met Gala 2018, CARA DELEVIGNE

GARDEN OF EDEN (CHURCH OF SAN MICHELE) AND SALMA HAYEK

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Met Gala 2018, SALMA HAYEK

JOAN OF ARC (FRENCH MINIATURE) AND ZENDAYA

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GARDEN OF EDEN (PALAZZO DEI NORMANNI) AND DARREN CRISS

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Met Gala 2018, DARREN CRISS

INFANT JESUS OF PRAGUE AND BLAKE LIVELY

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Met Gala 2018, BLAKE LIVELY

THE LAST JUDGMENT (MICHELANGELO) AND ARIANA GRANDE

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Met Gala 2018, ARIANA GRANDE

MADONNA (RAPHAEL) AND ROSIE HUNTINGTON WHITELY

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Met Gala 2018, ROSIE HUNTINGTON WHITELY

BISHOP JOHN MOROSINI (ALESSANDRO LONGHI) AND GRETA GERWIG

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Met Gala 2018, GRETA GERWIG

MARY WITH THE CHILD (BOTTICELLI) AND KATE BOSWORTH

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Met Gala 2018, KATE BOSWORTH

ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL AND KATY PERRY

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Met Gala 2018,KATY PERRY

JOAN OF ARC AND SHAILENE WOODLEY

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Met Gala 2018, SHAILENE WOODLEY

OUR LADY OF SORROWS AND LILLY COLLINS

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Met Gala 2018, LILLY COLLINS

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