Angels & Demons - Ecstasy of St. TheresaThis statue by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini is known as the Ecstasy of St. Theresa (and also as St. Teresa in Ecstasy or Transverberation of St. Teresa). It is located in the Cornaro Chapel of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome and is widely considered a sculptural masterpiece of High-Roman Baroque. Click on the image for a much closer view.
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Biographies
History
- American Colonies
- American Revolution - Highlights
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- Auschwitz: Place of Horrors
- Book Burning and Censorship
Disasters
- America Attacked: 9/11
- Black Death
- Challenger Disaster
- Columbia Space Shuttle Explosion
- Deepwater Horizon: Disaster in the Gulf
- Fatal Voyage: The Titanic


















