Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
A chapel as theatre: marble, a hidden window and patrons watching from boxes
- Author
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Style
- Baroque — Art designed to overwhelm: motion, dramatic light and theatre that pulls the viewer in
- Century
- 17th century
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