Bernini's Ecstasy of St Teresa

Santa Maria della Vittoria is a church in Rome. Download high resolution version (565x815, 87 KB)Bernini, Ecstasy of St Theresa, Cornaro Chapel This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (565x815, 87 KB)Bernini, Ecstasy of St Theresa, Cornaro Chapel This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...

The interior of this tiny church follows all of the rules of the Baroque period--gilded sumptuousness and lots of chromatic decoration. The masterpiece in the Cornaro Chapel, to the left of the altar, is Bernini's "Ecstasy of St. Teresa." The incident depicts a moment described by Saint Teresa of Avila in her biography, where she had the vivid vision of an angel piercing her heart with a golden shaft, causing her both immense joy and pain. The flowing robes and contorted posture abandon classical restraint and repose to depict a more passionate, almost voluptous trance. Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that dominated it. ... A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680), who worked chiefly in Rome, was the pre-eminent baroque artist. ... Ecstasy of St Theresa by Bernini The Ecstasy of St Theresa (alternatively The Ecstasy of St Teresa) is a marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the Cornaro Chapel of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. ... Teresa of Avila by Peter Paul Rubens Saint Teresa of Avila (known in religion as Teresa de Jesús, baptised as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada) was a Spanish Roman Catholic mystic and monastic reformer; born at Avila (53 miles north-west of Madrid), Old Castile, March 28, 1515; died... The Annunciation - the Angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will bear Jesus (El Greco, 1575) An angel is an ethereal creature (meaning it is of the air), found in many mythologies, whose duties are to assist and serve God or the gods of many religious traditions. ...

The Cardinal Priest of the Title of Santa Maria della Vittoria is Giuseppe Caprio. Cardinal Priests are the most numerous of the three orders of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. ...

The church has seen a surge in tourism growth thanks to the widespread popularity of author Dan Brown's novel Angels and Demons, which features the church. Dan Brown (born on June 22, 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire) is an American author of detective thrillers. ... Angels and Demons book cover Angels and Demons (2000) is a mystery novel by Dan Brown, featuring the character Robert Langdon, who is also the principal character of his subsequent, better-known novel The Da Vinci Code. ...