Bernini
Ecstasy of St Teresa, St Peter's Square
The architect of Baroque Rome. Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright — he reshaped the Eternal City with a theatrical genius that made stone seem to breathe. The Ecstasy of St Teresa dissolves the boundary between sculpture and vision.
Key works
- Ecstasy of St Teresa1652— Mystical rapture in marbleSanta Maria della Vittoria, Rome
- St Peter's Square colonnade1667— The arms of the Church embracing the worldVatican
- Apollo and Daphne1625— Transformation frozen in marbleGalleria Borghese, Rome