#the ecstasy of saint teresa

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Jacopo Amigoni (Italian, 1682-1752) The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, Detail, n.d.

[oohbuggypie]

babe r u okay ur The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa posting again

finished study + additional early stage that im oddly attached 2 4 some reason .. ud have to click on it cuz Tumblr quality is hateful but smthn abt the incomplete, thin lines of the outside combined with the lighting makes my brain soft ✝️

[deep-space-lines]

in case anyone was wondering where I disappeared to for the past few days, i've been going insane again. fun fact staring at stained glass windows for hours on end will not turn you catholic (source: i stared at so many stained glass windows to make this bc i really wanted to go for a realistic church window sort of vibe)

tumblr is a coward and won't let me upload the full size images so you can look at them and zoom in to your heart's content (please look at them. please) [1] [2]

Prints of this are available on my Society6 (both versions cuz I'm indecisive) (it may take a little while for them to actually appear on the site)

Details:

Timelapse under the cut!

my favorite part of this is when I'm trying to get the pose down and I keep flipping the canvas and it looks like they're doing a silly little dance :)

[beliarrrl]

This is all I can think about.

[goddidntdothis]

ANNUNTIATIO

[pmamtraveller]

ECSTASY OF SAINT TERESA | 1645-52 | by GIAN LORENZO BERNINI

The sculpture portrays SAINT TERESA in a state of divine ecstasy as she receives a vision from an angel, described in her autobiography as a seraph piercing her heart with a flaming arrow. BERNINI captures this moment with exquisite detail and dynamism.

The composition has a sense of movement and drama. SAINT TERESA reclines on a cloud, her body twisted and contorted in ecstasy. The angel hovers above her, poised to strike with the arrow of divine love. The theatricality of the scene draws the viewer into the moment of mystical rapture.

BERNINI excels in conveying intense emotion through his sculptural forms. SAINT TERESA'S face is a mix of ecstasy and agony, her eyes closed in blissful surrender. The angel's expression is one of divine intensity, as if channeling the power of heaven itself.

The sculpture is rich in intricate details, from the delicate folds of SAINT TERESA'S robes to the feathers of the angel's wings. BERNINI'S mastery of anatomy is evident in the naturalistic rendering of the human form, imbuing the figures with a sense of lifelike vitality.

The sculpture is laden with symbolic meaning, reflecting the spiritual themes of SAINT TERESA'S writings. The arrow piercing her heart symbolizes the divine love that consumes her soul, while the cloud represents the ethereal realm of heavenly visions.

The sculpture generated some controversy due to BERNINI'S artistic choices, such as portraying SAINT TERESA as younger and in a suggestive pose. However, it remains a significant work in art history, showcasing BERNINI'S mastery in fusing sculpture, architecture, and theatrical scenography into a single, captivating piece of art. 

[dashasaurus]

St. Theresa of Ávila pray for us 🩵

[thevirginofthelillies]

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Ecstasy of St. Teresa, 1647–1652

[deaddumbblonde]

St. Teresa of Avila (Visions of Ecstasy)

[normalbrothers]

could go either way

[nobabobaa]

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa <3

This started as a simple figure study and then I ended up getting carried away lol

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[himikochan]

ecstasy of bones // ecstasy of saint teresa

[loneberry]

From Michael Eigen’s Ecstasy

Read this book a long time ago. Today I mysteriously picked it up and opened to this passage about the poet who loves the writings of Saint Teresa just after I finished reading Saint Teresa’s Interior Castle.

Eigen stan 4ever 💜

[nsfwbible]

‘the sweetness of this excessive pain’

Rebecca Morgan's 2019 oil on panel painting is a self-portrait after Bernini's Ecstasy of Saint Teresa – that masterpiece of Baroque sculpture portraying the saint's encounter with an angel and his long spear of gold:

“He appeared to me to be thrusting it at times into my heart and to pierce my very entrails; when he drew it out, he seemed to draw them out also, and to leave me all on fire with a great love of God," Teresa of Avila wrote. "The pain was so great, that it made me moan; and yet so surpassing was the sweetness of this excessive pain, that I could not wish to be rid of it.���

Morgan is represented by the Asya Geisberg Gallery.

[thefrankshow]

The Ecstasy of St. Teresa