In a message dated 03/29/2000 11:33:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< The problem I see with locating Bernini's sculpture of St. Teresa in
Ecstacy in a church isn't it's overtly erotic character but with its
theatricality. Thanks to the discussion here I see it IS theater, even to
a scupted audience! >>
Earlier, when I agreed that the work was too erotic for a church, this is
what I had in mind. If you concentrate on the center of the work (angel? and
Theresa), the presentation is certainly erotic but at the time mystical, and
thus acceptable in a church setting. 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
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