Infiorate di Spello
infiorate di spello manifestation take place every year small umbrian town spello italy feast corpus christi night almost thousand people work incessantly create carpet picture made flower along town narrow street floral creation cover street throughout historical centre preparation passage blessed sacrament carried procession bishop sunday morning result unique one milelong path beautiful floral creation explosion color scent custom honouring divinity throwing flower creating flower composition dateless event many area world spello tradition gone first throwing flower placing art form pavement documented municipal archive first time occasion visit bishop ignazio cadolini october gonfaloniere francesco nicoletti asked citizen house facing main street “keep clean free rubbish respective area around house spread flower greenery” occasion procession iconographic testimonial infiorate spello date back beginning th century benvenuto crispoldi – painter mayor spello depicted procession corpus domini flower carpet one painting technique evolved time long uninterrupted carpet flower characterized relatively simple design morphed separate sophisticated set bigger composition distinct group creator emerged focusing improving artistic execution addressing complex religious social message starting mids infiorates design characterized geometrical scheme central figure symbol almost exclusively connected corpus domini evolved constantly reaching end style dominated presence central composition flower carpet form true painting flower petal reached time high level technical sophistication coupled expression interpretation increasingly complex often abstract socioreligious theme forced infiorates artist dedicate time concept design stage well depth study philosophical historical theme creation contest recognize best infiorata stimulated competition among group artist led accelerated development improvement quality composition first informal competition organized prelate two main spellos parish maria maggiore lorenzo martire since first official contest established thanks funding sponsorship pro loco local agency promotion tourism presided time prof giacomo prampolini anticipation proclamation best infiorata become important essential corollary festivity corpus domini spello prize consists right hold year onto bronze statue sesto properzio c – bc latin poet whose birthplace contended spello assisi recent year fame spellos infiorate reached regional national border creator called compose flower carpet special occasion honour institutional political religious figure pope john paul ii italian republic president sandro pertini oscar luigi scalfaro also honour taking art iconoclastic religious place lourdes bethlehem since infiorates artist organized independently association “le infiorate di spello” httpwwwinfioratespelloit purpose promoting manifestation maintaining enhancing quality composition preserving continuity important tradition course last year association seen base expanding almost member representation group artist differently similar manifestation spellos infiorate creator compose splendid carpet using flower collected wild use part plant like leaf berry allowed preference given use petal either fresh dried use wood kind synthetic material severely prohibited exsiccation flower must carried naturally sun dried petal sometime gently chopped improve deployment high resolution detail fine design element however cannot turned powder floral nature appearance material always preserved gathering meticulous collection processing natural material start several month actual use becoming often year around effort order tap variety seasonal floral specie drawing either traced street using chalk technique division square drawn onto paper stuck ground thus allowing bigger complex design representation always inspired religious theme often contain intricate threedimensional effect usually obtained use prospective shading layering flower without use glue infiorata must either minimum length metre cover surface least square metre depending nature composition quadro single scene picture v tappeto floral carpet repetitive geometrical pattern spello italy visit italian republic president sandro pertini perugia italy visit pope john paul ii foligno italy visit pope john paul ii assisi italy consignment oil votive lamp occasion saint francis feast spello italy visit italian republic president oscar luigi scalfaro rome italy petal flower carpet piazza del popolo jubilee bethlehem palestine petal flower carpet square crib “italia per betlemme” clès italy petal flower carpet fabriano italy petal flower carpet competition italian flower carpet creator spello st prize brussels belgium petal flower carpet occasion six month italian presidency eu padua italy national manifestation cia confederation italian agriculture lourdes france square meter petal flower carpet realized together italian creator th anniversary apparition madonna venice italy iii international conference negative growth spello italy participation spello european competition entente florale europe june assisi italy visit pope francis october rome italy petal flower carpet pio xii square occasion th international congress ephemeral art june – spello italy petal flower carpet santa maria maggiore church honour archbishop spello piergiorgio bertoldi july – milan italy petal flower carpet cardo street expo support borghi più belli ditalia regione umbria october – assisi italy visit pope francis porziuncola maria degli angeli august – spello italy visit italian republic president sergio mattarella may – spello italy grand opening spellos villa mosaic march – assisi italy st francis protector italy feast collaboration associazione nazionale città dell’infiorata october spello le infiorate aavv dimensione grafica spello sd le infiorate del corpus domini cura di g proietti bocchini dimensione grafica spello spello guida storicoartistica g sozi magalini editrice brescia le infiorate di spello g sozi pro spello – cassa rurale ed artigiana di spello spello associazione le infiorate di spello comune di spello pro loco iat spello spello infiorata video