Simon Schama's Power of Art

BBC Four HD

2:25 AM to 3:25 AM

Wednesday 21 May

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The broadcaster and historian recounts how Gian Lorenzo Bernini's 17th-century sculpture The Ecstasy of St Teresa restored the artist's failing fortunes and breathed new life into the art of sculpture. Battling for supremacy with his rival Francesco Borromini, Bernini carved the marble model for the Cornaro family chapel in the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, where it still mesmerises flocks of devotees