Cornaro Chapel
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The Cornaro Chapel is a renowned Baroque chapel in Rome celebrated for Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s dramatic sculptural ensemble, especially the masterpiece "Ecstasy of Saint Teresa."
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cornaro family theater boxes | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque chapel
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Catholic chapel ⓘ chapel ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Baroque ⓘ |
| city | Rome ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Cardinal Federico Cornaro ⓘ |
| completionTime | circa 1652 ⓘ |
| containsWork | Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Teresa of Ávila
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Teresa of Ávila
|
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| designer | Gian Lorenzo Bernini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArtisticMovement |
Italian Baroque
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Baroque
|
| hasDepiction | angel piercing Saint Teresa with a golden arrow ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Cornaro family portrait reliefs
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gilded bronze rays ⓘ hidden window for natural light ⓘ polychrome marble decoration ⓘ theatrical lighting effects ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
family burial chapel
ⓘ
place of devotion ⓘ |
| hasGenre | religious art ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | Baroque church decoration in Rome ⓘ |
| hasInscriptionLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
gilded bronze
ⓘ
marble ⓘ stucco ⓘ |
| hasPatron | Cornaro family ⓘ |
| hasSculpturalEnsemble | Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ |
| hasSideWalls |
Cornaro Chapel
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cornaro family theater boxes
|
| hasSubject | mystical experience of Saint Teresa of Ávila ⓘ |
| hasType | funerary chapel ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of the historic center of Rome ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Maria della Vittoria
|
| locatedInNeighborhood | Via XX Settembre area ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic integration of sculpture, architecture, and light
ⓘ
theatrical representation of religious ecstasy ⓘ |
| notableWork | Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ |
| partOf |
Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Maria della Vittoria
Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome ⓘ
surface form:
interior of Santa Maria della Vittoria
|
| period | 17th century ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sculptor | Gian Lorenzo Bernini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1640s ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cornaro family theater boxes