Hall of Horses Hall of Horses at Palazzo Te, in Mantua Our journey into the world of horses and their elegance stops in Mantua, Italy, to visit with you the Hall of Horses at Palazzo Te. Palazzo Te was built between 1524 and 1534 on a commission from Federico II Gonzaga in a marshy and lake area that the Gonzagas had reclaimed and that Francesco II, a great lover of horses, chose it as a training place for his precious horses. Today Palazzo Te is… Today Palazzo Te is an International Center of Art and Culture which organizes exhibitions of ancient and modern art butRead More →

The Elegance of the Horse in the Drawings The Elegance of the Horse in the Drawings, in the Children’s Drawings The Elegance of the Horse in the Children’s Drawings taken from the Italian national competition “Draw Your Horse“. A few years ago at the Club Cavallo Italia we asked ourselves how children see the horse or, better, how they can imagine it because it is increasingly difficult for them to meet a real horse, a horse in flesh and blood, to caress its mane, give it a sugar, take a nice picture. The Draw Your Horse Contest For this reason, in collaboration with an ItalianRead More →

The Elegance of the Horse in Art The Elegance of the Horse in Art, in the Works of Aligi Sassu, from the exhibition “IPPOS – First Novecento Italiano” The Horse between the Art of Myth and Legend “Besana in Brianza – 6 October / 18 November 2007, courtesy of the Fondazione Amici dell’Arte by Aligi Sassu, whom we thank. Painting I understood it as a soul creation, as a dictation of the most intimate and natural feelings. Of course, it happens that the stimulus comes from the outside world, but if he does not marry well with what is in his soul, he remains knowledgeRead More →

The Elegance of the Horse What is Elegance? Unfortunately these days we don’t talk much about it, taken as we are from our work by the frenzy of time that always passes too quickly and it is never enough but elegance, obviously in our opinion at Club Cavallo Italia, is a very important component in our life and not only in ours. The Elegance of the Horse is Refinement and Grace Is there an animal (but we don’t like to call it animal) more elegant than a horse? No. We don’t think so. The horse is a gift from God to men (Arabic proverb). AskRead More →