Social History of Art
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17th Italy Bernini
Bernini, Death of the Blessed Ludovica Albertoni
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with St. Clare at left and Ludovica Giving Alms to a Beggar at right
S. Francesco a Ripa, Rome
See my essay on this work for a discussion of the good death, mystical marriage, flaming hearts, and Catholic emotional piety in the Baroque.
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