ELECTIVES ASSIGNMENT

Name : Chahak Jain

Roll No : AR-20-018
SEM : 04
ECSTASY OF SAINT
TERESA
Location: Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy
Sculptor: Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Year: 1652
 Saint Teresa of Avila was a Spanish nun who claimed to
have experienced divine visions in which she would
suddenly feel consumed by the love of God, feel the
bodily presence of Christ or of angels, and be lifted to
an exalted state of ecstasy. This sculpture depicts one
of the visions described by her in her spiritual
autobiography. In it, an angel carrying a fire-tipped
spear appears before her.
This sculptor shows the emotion and feeling of person who
believes in god and spirituality and gets a chance to see them. It
shows the warmth and affection of the girl seeing her almighty.
The sculptor also shows the expressions of both the deity and
the girl. The sculptor shows some pattern by adding curve and
wavy lines in the dress of the girl. There is perfect pattern in the
dress.
The sclupture have smooth and rough texture and that makes
feel of something that have actually happened. The sculptor
itself describes the feeling of love between god and its devotees.
The pattern that is created on the seat just gets blend with the
dress of the girl sitting on the seat.