Type sculpture Created 1962 Period Modern art | Dimensions 18 m (59 ft) Owner Comune di Spoleto Province Province of Perugia Media Steel Year 1962 | |
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Address Via Cerquiglia, 99, 06049 Spoleto PG, Italy Alexander Calder artwork Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, La Grande Vitesse, Gwenfritz, Cheval Rouge, Bent Propeller | ||
Ride bene chi ride ultimo parte 3 scuola di tetro teodelapio
Teodelapio is the only monumental stabile sculpture in Italy by Alexander Calder, site in Spoleto, designed and donated to the city for the 1962 edition of Festival dei Due Mondi. It was part of the open-air exhibition "Sculture in Città " (Sculptures in the city) organized by Giovanni Carandente.
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- Ride bene chi ride ultimo parte 3 scuola di tetro teodelapio
- Teodelapio la scuola di teatro che fa per voi
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The sculpture had a long correspondence with Carandente about how to make it and where to place it. Starting from the idea of realizing a mobile, Calder chose to build a stabile.
The sculpture is made of black painted steel and takes its name from that of a lombard king. Located in front of Spoleto's train station, it has become a symbol of the city.
The model was sent to the Italsider factory in Savona where it was magnified 27 times and built in 11 cm-thick steel used for hulls, then brought to Spoleto where it was assembled and welded together.
Carandente about the origin of the name of the sculpture:
At the Hotel dei Duchi in Spoleto, Calder found some copies of old prints depicting Lombard dukes. Looking at the pictures of duke Theodelap with his sharp-pointed crown, Calder said without hesitation: "This is the name of the object"