![]() ![]() That alone probably would have merited her being canonized as a saint - an honor bestowed only forty years after her death. Teresa was the founder of the reformed Carmelites (known now as the Discalced Carmelites), having established 14 Discalced Carmelite convents and monasteries in her lifetime. ![]() Ignatius of Loyola (founder of the Jesuits) and Teresa’s own protegé, St. Teresa of Ávila, was one of the three greatest mystics of 16th century Spain - alongside St. Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (1515-1582), now known as St. Teresa.” Photo by Alvesgaspar licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. It is a striking work of art - but the subject of this sculpture, a Spanish Carmelite mystic Saint Teresa of Ávila, is even more remarkable than this world-renowned statue of her. This life-sizes statue depicts a nun reclining with a look of bliss on her face, while a grinning cherub stands before her, an arrow pointed at her heart. Visit the Cornaro Chapel in the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome, and you will see a 17th century masterpiece of Baroque sculpture: Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s The Ecstasy of St. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |