Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

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Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is a renowned Baroque marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini depicting the mystical vision of Saint Teresa of Ávila in a dramatic, theatrical style.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque sculpture
marble sculpture
religious artwork
sculpture
artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini
artStyle dramatic
illusionistic
theatrical
associatedWith Carmelite spirituality
Counter-Reformation
basedOn The Life of Teresa of Jesus
mystical vision of Teresa of Ávila
commissionedBy Cardinal Federico Cornaro
completionDate 1652
country Italy
creator Gian Lorenzo Bernini
depictionType full-length figure
depicts Teresa of Ávila
an angel
depictsEvent angel piercing Teresa’s heart with a golden arrow
genre religious art
hasPart gilded bronze rays
hidden window for natural light
sculptural group of Saint Teresa and an angel
theatrical architectural setting
heritageDesignation artwork within a church listed as a cultural property of Italy
iconography transverberation of Saint Teresa
inception 1647
languageOfTitle Italian
locatedIn Rome
Santa Maria della Vittoria
location Cornaro Chapel
materialUsed marble
movement Baroque
notableFor emotional intensity
influence on Baroque church decoration
integration of sculpture, architecture, and light
sensual representation of spiritual ecstasy
patronage Cornaro family
period Italian Baroque
religion Catholicism
subject mystical experience
religious ecstasy
titleInEnglish Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
titleInItalian L'Estasi di Santa Teresa
usesTechnique dramatic lighting
integration of sculpture and architecture
polychrome marble setting

Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Cornaro Chapel
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Jean Restout the Younger ("Saint Theresa in Ecstasy")
Jean-Baptiste Santerre ("Saint Teresa in Ecstasy")
notableWork
Cornaro Chapel
containsWork
Cornaro Chapel
hasSculpturalEnsemble
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ("transverberation of Saint Teresa")
iconography
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
titleInEnglish
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ("L'Estasi di Santa Teresa")
titleInItalian

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