I don't know why I'm obsessed with the Baroque so much. Could it be the art? The music? The architecture? I feel a little guilty in some ways. The late Baroque was a time of decadence.
Still, the religious art and architecture are amazingly beautiful.
Here is Bernini's statue of St. Teresa of Avila in ecstasy. I love how she's passed out with her jaw open, with an angel grasping her by her habit. The angel has a cheerful smile as he's about to pierce her with an arrow.
