Thanks for reading the ecstasy that Bernini used makes it all so much more beautiful allowing us to access st Teresa’s divine Revelation that as a true Catholic I need more!
If this sculpture of Santa Teresa is divine love; then I know all about it! I have seen this sculpture in Italy and have visited St. Teresa’s relics in Spain. It is truly a religious experience. Superb work of art.
The voice of Beth Harris reading Saint Teresa`s religious experience and the whole description of this building is in perfect harmony with the purpose of the chapel: the reunion of opposites. Maybe Saint Teresa`s voice was like Dr. Harris`s voice. Dr. Zucker completes this perfect meeting of Earth and Heaven, the mystery of coniunctio. Thanks to both for this great video.
Happy Feast Day of St Teresa! I always pull this video out of the archives once a year to guide Carmelite Facebook group members through the majesty of this work. God reward you for your magisterial commentaries.
Wow! Thanks for this video! I'm going to Rome this summer and am specifically looking forward to seeing this sculpture. I knew he arranged it dramatically, but I had not yet seen exactly how much (the figures on the sides, the two windows shining the light down onto the scene, etc). It's absolutely phenomenal. I like how you referred to it as an "installation," because installation art is popular today. Yet no one can make an installation quite like this anymore! :)
Another fabulous video on this famous chapel. I had seen it covered in the BBC three part series on the baroque but u provided some additional insight that was valuable. Bravi! 👍
This means everything to me, it's so beautiful, captivating, awe-inspiring, exhilarating... And even better, it's so very real! The love of God is more real than we can ever fathom or comprehend! Look at the statue while playing Auld Lang Syne by Patrick Ball or by Pure Bagpipe Magic, you'll thank me later. God bless you all!
This is a great video of this immortal piece of art that inspires deep feelings of faith. The name is: Ecstasy de Santa Teresa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Located in the Chapel of Santa Maria Della Victoria in Rome, Italy. I enjoyed this video and subscribed to the channel.
OMG I never realized there was an audience created by Bernini too -- and they look very discerning and rather skeptical rather than caught up in this moment. I'm so blown away by this I don't even know what to make of it. Now it looks like a performance or at least a very public event which is not at all as she describes it. I have to say I fond this whole thing shocking and I will definitely research this. Wow!
the vision very sensual, would even say carnal . "Pain so severe uttered several moans, sweetness caused by this intense pain so extreme that one cannot possibly wish to cease.
But the carnal is a warped version of God’s love. While humanity engages God through exploration of sensuality, we may be said to devolve into a bestial state through lustful behavior. This is a distinction made in Medieval theology, esp. by Dante, whereby the sins of incontinence contrast heavenly love. Saint Teresa’s writing seems overtly sexual, but this does not necessarily make it carnal. Her gaze never shifts from the heavens; her whole body becomes engulfed in the hightened state of passion of the soul.
It’s meant to be disturbing. It’s a transcendental experience being described in marble- it shocks us out of our every day selves. Which is what the spiritual does.
He is not a child , he is an angel. However in the Western sculptural tradition, this angel with the arrow , vaguely resembles the ancient God Eros ... this is part of the ambiguity of this sculpture, it is a representation of a religious ecstasy (i.e. St. Teresa with an angel) which alludes to an ecstasy of a woman in front of Eros ... ambiguity was typical of the Baroque aesthetic.
Thanks for reading the ecstasy that Bernini used makes it all so much more beautiful allowing us to access st Teresa’s divine
Revelation that as a true Catholic I need more!
One of the most amazing works of art ever made!!!
If this sculpture of Santa Teresa is divine love; then I know all about it! I have seen this sculpture in Italy and have visited St. Teresa’s relics in Spain. It is truly a religious experience. Superb work of art.
The voice of Beth Harris reading Saint Teresa`s religious experience and the whole description of this building is in perfect harmony with the purpose of the chapel: the reunion of opposites. Maybe Saint Teresa`s voice was like Dr. Harris`s voice. Dr. Zucker completes this perfect meeting of Earth and Heaven, the mystery of coniunctio. Thanks to both for this great video.
How did I miss these? You guys are golden! Keep up the great work!!!
Thank you for this brilliant and rich video! Such a magnificent, Divine work of art! 🤍
We recorded this in Santa Maria della Vittoria, which is, of course, the church in Rome that contains the Cornaro chapel and the St. Teresa sculpture.
Happy Feast Day of St Teresa! I always pull this video out of the archives once a year to guide Carmelite Facebook group members through the majesty of this work. God reward you for your magisterial commentaries.
Question: is chiaroscuro used in this work of art?
amazing explanation, and very helpful! thanks for posting!
This is why Bernini is without a doubt the greatest sculptor the world has ever known.
Glad you like it! Visit smarthistory for our other Bernini videos.
This is one of the most beautiful sculptures in Rome. The entire church is lovely.
not much quality pictures available free on google though :(
@@rockbike I took photos with our new and much improved camera in December, I hope to have them up on our Flickr page soon.
@@smarthistory-art-history Thank you so much!
You finally gave this masterpiece it’s true reward. Thank you!
Another brilliant analysis by Zucker and Harris at the top of their game.
Wow! Thanks for this video! I'm going to Rome this summer and am specifically looking forward to seeing this sculpture. I knew he arranged it dramatically, but I had not yet seen exactly how much (the figures on the sides, the two windows shining the light down onto the scene, etc). It's absolutely phenomenal.
I like how you referred to it as an "installation," because installation art is popular today. Yet no one can make an installation quite like this anymore! :)
Another fabulous video on this famous chapel. I had seen it covered in the BBC three part series on the baroque but u provided some additional insight that was valuable. Bravi! 👍
very soothing voices.
This means everything to me, it's so beautiful, captivating, awe-inspiring, exhilarating...
And even better, it's so very real! The love of God is more real than we can ever fathom or comprehend! Look at the statue while playing Auld Lang Syne by Patrick Ball or by Pure Bagpipe Magic, you'll thank me later.
God bless you all!
Thank you very much for this video, I find it so well done plus well explained :) I enjoyed it alot
How can all this detail come from one man’s mind? Amazing
This is a great video of this immortal piece of art that inspires deep feelings of faith. The name is: Ecstasy de Santa Teresa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Located in the Chapel of Santa Maria Della Victoria in Rome, Italy. I enjoyed this video and subscribed to the channel.
Wow ! I found this video really great and fruitful:) It helped me a lot in my studies Thanks a lot and Keep it up ! :)
OMG I never realized there was an audience created by Bernini too -- and they look very discerning and rather skeptical rather than caught up in this moment. I'm so blown away by this I don't even know what to make of it. Now it looks like a performance or at least a very public event which is not at all as she describes it. I have to say I fond this whole thing shocking and I will definitely research this. Wow!
BRAVO!
Sublime!!!
Wow they don’t make them like this anymore. Just heavenly
the vision very sensual, would even say carnal . "Pain so severe uttered several moans, sweetness caused by this intense pain so extreme that one cannot possibly wish to cease.
Michel Hachem makes sense because god is the source of all life and carnal actions are meant to create life...
But the carnal is a warped version of God’s love. While humanity engages God through exploration of sensuality, we may be said to devolve into a bestial state through lustful behavior. This is a distinction made in Medieval theology, esp. by Dante, whereby the sins of incontinence contrast heavenly love. Saint Teresa’s writing seems overtly sexual, but this does not necessarily make it carnal. Her gaze never shifts from the heavens; her whole body becomes engulfed in the hightened state of passion of the soul.
Self-induced orgasm couched in religious terms. As people are ones to do.
@@Tflexxx02 Bernini found an astonishing way to put this into a church.
lol she got fucked by god
I love seeing a Bernini on my dash! I Love this piece, do you plan on discussing any of his other works?
The flowing fabric can't possibly be carved from stone!
Why does it sound like you're trying to keep your voices down. Are you recording this in a library?
This was recorded in a church. You keep your voice down out of respect in a church.
@@davidsolecki4782 _oh_
It's a shame that the tradition of painting sculptures was lost by Bernini's time.
bas interesantno hvala
Hvala na gledanju
usually she is mentioned as Saint Teresa of Avila... a walled medieval village in Spain. this puts her in context, as she was not from Italy.
Spanish subtitles now available. Ahora con subtítulos en español.
Um presente,asssistir esse video
You whisper as it is appropriate to do it in churches, especially if beautiful ( Though Baroque) like this one,
was there an infant in the other room?
sorry, amazing work & video!
Um gênio ardendo em febre com um cinzel nas mãos.
Why is this asmr
Can't imagine why anyone would give this clip a 'thumbs-down". Ignorance, I suppose?
Is “dramatist” and “into theater” being used as a euphemism here?
No. We were referring to the drama of his work, not his life.
But obviously, he was gay right?
@@1tuinman The historical record does not support that claim as far as I know.
Great Bernini!!!!!
Indoor voices.
Why in the world are they whispering
We speak quietly when we record in a church with worshippers and those in prayer present.
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa: sculpture porn
Am I the only one that finds that scene of a smiling child stabbing a moaning woman disturbing?
It’s meant to be disturbing. It’s a transcendental experience being described in marble- it shocks us out of our every day selves. Which is what the spiritual does.
He is not a child , he is an angel. However in the Western sculptural tradition, this angel with the arrow , vaguely resembles the ancient God Eros ... this is part of the ambiguity of this sculpture, it is a representation of a religious ecstasy (i.e. St. Teresa with an angel) which alludes to an ecstasy of a woman in front of Eros ... ambiguity was typical of the Baroque aesthetic.