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Without horses I’m not even the half of myself. The equestrian passion of Vittorio Alfieri. Part 1
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini Given the perverse imagination of those who draw up the syllabus, I do not know if today he is still studied at school. To be honest, when I was…
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The Saracen Joust in Piazza Navona (part 2)
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini In the first part of this article we analyzed the rules of the Saracen Joust in the seventeenth century. In this second part, we discover the complex dramaturgy of…
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The Saracen Joust in Piazza Navona (part 1)
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini With the typical unscrupulousness of the Popes of the time, in 1628, Urban VIII ordained his nephew as cardinal when he was just twenty. In a short time,…
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Snapshots of a medieval knight. Mastino II della Scala and the “a la brida” seat
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini When, in 1329, Mastino II della Scala inherited, along with his brother Alberto, the lordship of Verona from his uncle Cangrande, the good fortune of the Della Scala…
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The Austrian Art of Riding
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini Have you ever wondered how the riders of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna can have the perfect seat that made them so famous in the world? Obviously,…
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Equus frenatus. The book about the Giannelli Collection of ancient bits
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini Sumptuous. With a very accurate editorial format and beautiful images, which perfectly render the value of the portrayed pieces. But, at the same time, it is also a…
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A book that changed my life. A personal tribute to Sylvia Loch.
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini It seems that nowadays we read less and less. Or rather, it seems we read fewer and fewer books. The crisis of this powerful means of communication is…
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A passion called farriery
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini “If you exclude prodigious and individual moments that destiny can give us, to love your own work (which unfortunately is the privilege of a few) is the best…
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The cheerfulness of the horse. Giovanni de Gamboa, a pupil of Pignatelli
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini “The cheerfulness of the horse is the most beautiful part of him, and the most valuable.” I think this sentence is enough to guess the great interest, but…
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Back to Belem. The inauguration of the new arena of the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art in Lisbon
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini pictures by Melis Yalvac, Rita Fernandes and Bruno Barata At the center of the arena, Quejal is elegantly piaffing between the pillars. There is no tension in the ropes…
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The new Equestrian Art Library in Queluz, Portugal
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini Perhaps some of you may think that this is a place just for scholars or old-fashioned professors’ stuff. But the Equestrian Art Library “Dom Diogo de Bragança, VIIII Marques de…
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The Giannelli Collection of ancient bits on display in Travagliato
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini Hidden treasures are still discovered, even today. For those who love the history of horsemanship, to visit the exhibition of the Giannelli collection in Travagliato, Italy, is like…
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