James Cordova Arts

Santa Teresa de Avila

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2000

Hand-adzed wood, home-made gesso, water-based natural pigments, piñon-resin varnish, leather.

15 in. x 10 in.

Santa Teresa de Ávila (Saint Teresa of Avila)

A sixteenth-century Spanish mystic, Santa Teresa was a reform leader of the Discalsed (barefoot) Carmelites. She wrote extensively on her mystical visions and ecstatic spiritual experiences. Depicted as a nun, she sometimes appears surrounded by angels and in the throes of spiritual ecstasy. Often, and book and quill appear in her hand of nearby.


updated 15 April 05