Tag Archives: Bernini Ecstasy of St. Theresa

pluto and titanium men

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Dave

Al this, as his critics have shown, in Pluto and Prosperina, where god is carrying off a terrified maiden, flesh yielding beneath his grasp is quintessential Bernini: highly theatrical sculpture of overstatement. Bernini’s oen grasp towards the heaven whereby the … Continue reading →

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Bernini and transverberation: a striking through

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Dave

Bernini kept undisputed control over artistic life in Rome for more than half a century. Behold the roots of heaven. They may be made of stone… …He even managed to put sensuousness at the service of the church. Discerning tourists … Continue reading →

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behold the roots of heaven

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Dave

Bernini. Behold the roots of Heaven: they are made of stone. …. If Rome, a city where the monuments of successive civilizations coexist as peacefully as museum exhibits, seems to appear to us today mainly in seventeenth-century garb, the illusion … Continue reading →

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