Equestrian Art

The Collected Early Writings (1951-1955) of Master Nuno Oliveira

Nuno Oliveira, Pureza Oliveira

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English

Xenophon Press LLC
22 December 2022

Horses & ponies; Riding, showjumping & horsemanship

From 1951 to 1956, Nuno Oliveira wrote sixty articles concerning horses and riding for two Portuguese magazines. At the time, Nuno Oliveira was in his thirties, yet he was already an accomplished rider, with vast experience. Trained in Haute École by his relative, the former écuyer of the Portuguese Royal House, Joaquim Gonçalves de Miranda, he decided at an early age to devote himself to the equestrian art and soon acquired a great reputation in Portugal. Xenophon Press has worked carefully with Nuno Oliveira's daughter, Pureza Oliveira and with key bilingual students of Oliveira to complete the English translation from the original Portuguese texts. The articles address a wide variety of topics. They are true gems of equestrian literature, testifying to the immense capacity for synthesis that Oliveira demonstrated with regard to the theoretical debates of the discipline. We present here for the rst time ever, a complete and new English translation of these 60 articles, embellished with photographs of the same years including all of the images from his publication Haute École. Together with the companion volume to this book, Equestrian Art: The Collected Later Works by Master Nuno Oliveira (Collector's Edition), for the rst time in English, in a set of two volumes, the complete written works of one of the greatest equestrian masters of the twentieth century. Master Nuno Oliveira is considered to be one of the leading figures (if not the leading figure) in the Equestrian Art of the 20th century. He was not only an expert in the art of horsemanship and its history but also an outstanding teacher and mentor, an instructor with unusual intelligence and a highly developed equestrian feeling, and an unrivaled artist in the saddle. See Xenophon Press for a complete list of the 60 articles.

By: Nuno Oliveira
Translated by: Pureza Oliveira
Imprint: Xenophon Press LLC
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 279mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 885g
ISBN: 9781948717274
ISBN 10: 1948717271
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 22 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Master Nuno Oliveira is considered to be one of the leading figures (if not the leading figure) in the Equestrian Art of the 20th century. He was not only an expert in the discipline and its history but also an outstanding teacher and mentor, an instructor with unusual intelligence and a highly developed equestrian feeling, and an unrivaled artist in the saddle. His great genius consisted of the comprehensive synthesis of the two emerging, but up until then, contrary schools of the Old French riding masters as represented by the teachings of Francois Robichon de la Guérinière (of the 18th century) and Francois Baucher (of the 19th century). What made Oliveira stand out was his unwavering, unprejudiced pragmatism, which let him find the best method from all of the schools for working on a specific goal with a specific horse at a specific moment. He believed that every single horse had to be trained to the highest degree of perfection and shine within the scope of its individual possibilities. He rose above any doctrinal dispute and focused on the task at hand. A rider should not only ride but also observe, study, read and think carefully. He/she should act rationally and calmly, never act brutally or with force; he should have love of the horse and develop great equestrian feeling, the greatest of all equestrian virtues. To achieve this, he taught with the messages of Etienne Beudant and Faverot de Kerbrech: ""Ask often, be satisfied with a little, and reward often."""