Simon Schama's Power of Art
BBC FOUR
Tuesday 20 May 2025 21:00 - 22:00 (60 mins)
2/8. Simon Schama wonders how Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Ecstasy of St Thereza, which depicts a nun in the state of orgasmic bliss, was ever allowed to get past the censors. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Mentioned: Bernini, Borromini, Costanza, Rome, Teresa, Peter, Pope, Michelangelo, Church, Daphne, No—one, Gian Lorenzo, Caravaggio, Luigi, Salieri, Christian, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Lawrence, Roman, Cavaliere, Florence, Apollo, European
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