>Mholtgrefe
writes:
But when you pan back and catch the
>whole, the profanity of it all
is rather glaring. Is this a church or a
>glorified peep
show?
>
>mark
A peep show in what way? As explained earlier, the Cornaros cannot see
("peep" at) the transverberation. We are the only witnesses to
this moment and, rightly, we are responsible for how we individually choose to
respond to it. If it is too much, we can avert our eyes; but Bernini
encourages us to give ourselves over to the intimacy and, conceivably, to come
to share in it.
jm