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The magnificence that
the sevillian fraternities displays is
directly proportional to the great work
of the artisans, who give them own life.
The history shows us a group of artists
surrounding each float; makers of
religious images, gold works,
embroiderers and florist teachers.
Sevillian imagery is
right now a source of inspiration for
the whole Spain and South America,
recreating its images with the
characteristic gothic style that made
famous to the grater images maker of the
XVI and XVII centuries (Martínez
Montañés, Juan de Mesa, La Roldana) or
later (XX century) on Castillo Lastrucci.
This sculptural
tradition has continued effective with
names such as Salvador Illanes, Luis
Alvarez Duarte, Antonio J. Dubé of
Luque, Juan Manuel Miñaro, Manuel
Hernández León, José Antonio Navarro or
Manuel Ramos Corona.
Too, we can find real
art's works in the different
compositions around the floats, and its
be part of the respirators, silver and
gold works and so on. They are little
figureheads to explain cherubs, prophets,
Moments in Christ's Passion or the
Apostles. Maybe they aren't know because
we be accustomed to see on top of the
floats, but any sides of the floats have
a unsurpassable great majesty.
Another important
aspect is carving.. It seems work of God
to contemplation wood delivers a work of
art in each float (baroque, neobarroque,
neogothic, churrigueresque), but they
are human hands with the rasp, those
that carry out this incredible work.
Among the carvers we can highlight names
like Antonio Martín Fernández and Manuel
Guzmán Bejarano.
And if we spoke of
the hand of God to give form to the wood,
the following step is the Gilding of the
same one, as if it was a miracle, the
wood becomes gold that, in spite of
being metal, it goes extinguishing with
the divine cry in rain form. Among the
gilders we can find Manuel Calvo Carmona
or Herrera and Feria.
And those
embroideries that give relief to Sacred
María manto, are another great grateful
handmade work and of great merit, the
same as the palio and faldones. But the
creation is not only present in the
works of this corporation, the
restoration is also an important work,
reducing costs in view of the high price
that can suppose to a Fraternity
Embroidering a new manto. The Caro
family, family Olmo, Santa Bárbara
Workshop, José Ramón Paleteiro,
Fernández and Enríquez or Grande de León
workshops are good sample of artists
dedicated to this work in group.
And to put the
finishing touch to the divine handicraft
I will speak of the silver and other
noble metals works in relief. The Gold
and silvers works is in canopy's float ,
what are the gilders and carvers in that
of Christ. Because silver itself has
value, but in a gold works expert hands
turn into art. Crowns, respiraderos,
pedestals, varales, chandeliers,
streetlights and line chandeliers, give
to the canopy's floats that form so
special and artistic of incalculable
value.
But not only palios
can enjoy the works of these artisans,
but also those of Christ, show these
works in some ornaments and, of course,
in the Potencias and tortoiseshell and
silver crosses.. Clear exponent are the
floats of Jesus of the Passion
Fraternity and Jesus of Mercy of the "Seven
Words" Fraternity, both carried out in
silver.
And, in the
Fraternities Processions, we find sticks,
candles, banners, flags, etc, heading
the sections of nazarenos and the Cruz
de Guía, also of a great artistic value.
Among the goldsmiths experts we can
highlight to Fernando Marmolejo Camargo,
Manuel Ríos Navarro (Andalusian Gold
work), Cayetano González (Villarreal
Gold work) and to Juan Borreo and
Francisco Fernández (Triana Gold work).
Vocabulary:
Manto: A hug piece of rich materials
which are delicately embroidered and
flows from the Virgin over a hard
support covering the back of the
canopy's float
Palio: A canopy supported by varales
carrying the floats with the Virgin.
Respiraderos: lateral parts to the
floats
Varales: Twelve vertical poles of the
canopy's float.
Potencias: Symbols on Christ's head that
represent Memory, Understanding and Will
in supreme degree.
Cruz de Guía: A Cross banner which opens
the processions.
Andalucia: Region in the South of Spain
(Europe), whose capital is Seville.
Nazarenos: Members of the fraternities
which make up the procession.
Faldones: Piece of velvet which covers
the men who carry the floats
(costaleros).
Photos: Francisco
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