Simon Schama's Power of Art
BBC FOUR
Wednesday 21 May 2025 02:25 - 03:20 (55 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,SL]
Mentioned: Bernini, Borromini, Costanza, Rome, Teresa, Pope, Michelangelo, Gian Lorenzo, Daphne, Peter, Caravaggio, Luigi, Florence, Francesco Borromini, Apollo, Salieri, No—one, Roman, Church, European, Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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