One of the great Bernini sculptures "The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" appears in S. Maria Della Vittoria on the Via XX Septembre. The sculpture depicts an angel shooting an arrow into Teresa. The sculpture itself, set in an aedicule, epitomizes the high drama of the baroque sensibility. Maderno sculpted another writhing saint, Cecilia, which lies in the church named after her in Trastevere. But here is what Saint Teresa herself said about the experience which Bernini attempted to render: "The pain t...
One of the great Bernini sculptures "The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" appears in S. Maria Della Vittoria on the Via XX Septembre. The sculpture depicts an angel shooting an arrow into Teresa. The sculpture itself, set in an aedicule, epitomizes the high drama of the baroque sensibility. Maderno sculpted another writhing saint, Cecilia, which lies in the church named after her in Trastevere. But here is what Saint Teresa herself said about the experience which Bernini attempted to render: "The pain t...
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