Main entry:

Petersson, Robert T. (Robert Torsten)

Title & Author:

The art of ecstasy; Teresa, Bernini, and Crashaw [by] Robert T. Petersson.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publication:

New York, Atheneum, [1970]
©1970

Description:

xv, 183 pages illustrations, color plate 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Pt. 1. The new Carmelite. -- Teresa's Spain -- From conflict to accomplishment -- The art of ascent -- Seraphis fire -- pt. 2. Bernini's Teresan cosmos. -- The illusionistic manner -- Approach the the chapel -- The enlarging cosmos -- Saint and seraph -- The movement of marble -- pt. 3. Text of Crashaw's hymn -- pt. 4. Crashaw's ascent beyond time. -- Baroque abundance -- Emergence of the poem -- Love's descent -- The ecstatic environment -- Teresa's wound of love -- The mystical bride.

Summary:

Drawn from three related but diverse works: St. Teresa's autobiography, Bernini's Teresan chapel in Rome, and Richard Crashaw's "Hymn to ... Saint Teresa." After presenting Saint Teresa as a mystic and major leader of the Counter Reformation, Petersson gives a comprehensive interpretation of Bernini's Cornaro Chapel. Each of the three works is exhibited in its own right, and yet the author's intention is to compare them in detail, to discover how much the literary, sculptural, and architectural modes really have in common--From publisher description.

ISBN:

0710066104
9780710066107

Subject:

Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582.
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680.
Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649 Criticism and interpretation.
Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649
Christian poetry, English History and criticism.
Christian saints in literature.
Christian saints in art.
Ecstasy.
Poésie chrétienne anglaise Histoire et critique.
Saints chrétiens dans la littérature.
Saints chrétiens dans l'art.
Extase.
Christian poetry, English

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 37997
Call No.: 10793 A1689; ID:88-B8900
Status: Available