Inlaid marble skeletons are placed on the left and right in front of the altar, while the vault of the ceiling is dissolved in a glory of cloud-borne heavenly hosts that seems to help the figures bulge out.
Inlaid marble skeletons are placed on the left and right in front of the altar, while the vault of the ceiling is dissolved in a glory of cloud-borne heavenly hosts that seems to help the figures bulge out. Perhaps the most inventive additions to this work are the so called "boxes" that depict marble reliefs of the patrons and are situated at the sides of the central scene. Flanked by simulated light rays of bronze, the hanging foot and hand of the pale white title figure emerge under her ebbing drapery and are shown in stark contrast to the other figure's melting smile and the iron tipped spear that he is holding . Housed in the Cornaro chapel, for ten points, identify this sculptural work about the utter surrender of a certain saint to the glory of God, a masterwork by Gianlorenzo Bernini.
Inlaid marble skeletons are placed on the left and right in front of the altar, while the vault of the ceiling is dissolved in a glory of cloud-borne heavenly hosts that seems to help the figures bulge out.
the {Ecstasy of St. Theresa}