In his Cornaro Chapel's sculptural program,Bernini equated Teresa of Ávila's religious visions with

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In Bernini's Cornaro Chapel's sculptural program, he equated Teresa of Ávila's religious visions with sexual orgasm. This is especially evident in his sculpture of the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, in which he depicts her in the throes of what appears to be a sexual experience at the moment of her divine revelation. The sculpture has been interpreted as a depiction of the physical manifestation of spiritual ecstasy.

In His Cornaro Chapel's Sculptural Program,Bernini Equated Teresa of ÁVila's