Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Ecstasy of Saint Theresa
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Ecstasy of Saint Theresa
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Alternate Title:
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Transverberation of Saint Teresa
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Image View:
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Raking view, looking up into half-domed aedicule
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Creator:
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor, 1598-1680)
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Location:
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repository: Santa Maria della Vittoria (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via 20 Settembre, 17
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GPS:
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+41.904722+12.494167
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Date:
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1645-1652 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Baroque
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Work Type 1:
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cast (sculpture)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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marble; gilded bronze
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Technique:
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carving (processes); gilding (technique)
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Measurements:
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350 cm (height, marble group)
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Relation Work:
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partOf Cornaro Chapel
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Subjects:
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saints; Angels; Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582; arrow
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Description:
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The central feature of the Cornaro Chapel is the marble group of the Ecstasy of St. Teresa, which shows the saint recumbent on a cloud and an angel piercing her heart with an arrow; the sculpture is illuminated by a hidden window. Bernini depicted Teresa in an attitude of ecstatic abandon, a spiritual swoon caused by the love of God; there are also allusions to her levitation upon receiving the Eucharist at Mass, her mystic marriage to Christ and her miraculous death. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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1A1-BG-CC-D04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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