Velvet saddles, embroidered caparisons, harnesses studded with enameled gold, plated bits... In sixteenth-century France, many horses carried on their backs their riders'' wealth. Renaissance noblemen knew no limits when it came to enhancing the beauty of the mounts they purchased at great expense in Italy, Spain or North Africa. Harnesses served as a means of displaying fashionable ornamental patterns. While the iconographic vocabulary used obviously mirrored the aesthetics trends of the time, it also helped to send riders in a renewed symbolic universe. The ever-present humanistic patterns linked riding noblemen to heroes from the Antiquity, in a way similar to that of the parade armours that served as a "symbolic second skin" to early-mo...
The topic of the equestrian practice of Western archaeological populations often leads to the questi...
The topic of the equestrian practice of Western archaeological populations often leads to the questi...
The topic of the equestrian practice of Western archaeological populations often leads to the questi...
Velvet saddles, embroidered caparisons, harnesses studded with enameled gold, plated bits... In sixt...
2019-01-06This study argues that horses and horsemanship played a crucial role in refashioning noble...
Notre travail aborde les milieux de cour italiens et français au travers des savoirs et des pratique...
In the ancient times horse riding took over the heart of aristocracy. The horse was considered as a ...
In Donna Landry’s words, “Eastern horses transformed English culture”. A deliberate simplification, ...
The role of the horses in traditional societies is enlightened by comparative analysis of retrospect...
The horse has dominated Western history from ancient times through to the dawn of the modern era as ...
Le portrait équestre se définit comme le portrait d’une personne figurée à cheval hors narration.La ...
Le portrait équestre se définit comme le portrait d’une personne figurée à cheval hors narration.La ...
Horses have played an integral part in the coronation ceremony of a King or Queen of England for cen...
The horse has dominated Western history from ancient times through to the dawn of the modern era as ...
The topic of the equestrian practice of Western archaeological populations often leads to the questi...
The topic of the equestrian practice of Western archaeological populations often leads to the questi...
The topic of the equestrian practice of Western archaeological populations often leads to the questi...
The topic of the equestrian practice of Western archaeological populations often leads to the questi...
Velvet saddles, embroidered caparisons, harnesses studded with enameled gold, plated bits... In sixt...
2019-01-06This study argues that horses and horsemanship played a crucial role in refashioning noble...
Notre travail aborde les milieux de cour italiens et français au travers des savoirs et des pratique...
In the ancient times horse riding took over the heart of aristocracy. The horse was considered as a ...
In Donna Landry’s words, “Eastern horses transformed English culture”. A deliberate simplification, ...
The role of the horses in traditional societies is enlightened by comparative analysis of retrospect...
The horse has dominated Western history from ancient times through to the dawn of the modern era as ...
Le portrait équestre se définit comme le portrait d’une personne figurée à cheval hors narration.La ...
Le portrait équestre se définit comme le portrait d’une personne figurée à cheval hors narration.La ...
Horses have played an integral part in the coronation ceremony of a King or Queen of England for cen...
The horse has dominated Western history from ancient times through to the dawn of the modern era as ...
The topic of the equestrian practice of Western archaeological populations often leads to the questi...
The topic of the equestrian practice of Western archaeological populations often leads to the questi...
The topic of the equestrian practice of Western archaeological populations often leads to the questi...
The topic of the equestrian practice of Western archaeological populations often leads to the questi...