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."

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Cornaro family theater boxes 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque chapel
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
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
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

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed Cornaro Chapel
Cornaro Chapel hasSideWalls Cornaro Chapel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cornaro family theater boxes
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa location Cornaro Chapel
Gian Lorenzo Bernini notableWork Cornaro Chapel