Il mondo del turf

di Riccardo Bassani - iniziativeperlaculturael'ambiente

via Gran Sasso, 38 - 00141 Roma - tel. e fax 06-8180703

E mail: riccardobassani@iol.it

1. Culture, Science and Art in Federico Tesio

G. Incisa della Rocchetta, In the air of Dormello. A Memory of Federico Tesio

F. Favino, For a "scientific" reading of Federico Tesio's work

S. Ferrucci, The "chic" flame and the searching eye. Tesio's trip to Patagonia

L. Falco, Colours of coats. From chapter IV of the volume "Breeding the Race-horse" by Federico Tesio

G. Raimondi, Between vanguard and tradition. The european modernism in the fornitures of Federico Tesio.

2. Federico Tesio breeder,owner and trainer

F. Varola, The Tesio's secret: Clasicity and Stoutness

T. Morris, The inflence of Federico Tesio on Word Breeding

R. Bassani, The History of Dormello in its Stud Book of English Fullbred Horses

P. Willett, Tesio's influence on British Racincing and Breeding between Nearco and Ribot

E. Bassi, From Apelle to Ribot: thedescendants of the great tesian champions

3. The turf at the time of Federico Tesio

M. Forti, The emotion of gallop. The horse image in the european painting between '800 and '900.

M. Fossati, Federico Tesio: between the truth and the heresy. The opposition had class and means and he improved it.

E. Serinaldi, The Crespi and the Razza del Soldo: the capital and the turf

S. Ferrucci, From Arma Bianca to Coca Cola: Luchino Visconti at races

4. Essays by Federico Tesio

- A rapid trip over north Patagonia. A lecture by Captain Federico Tesio at the Italian National Geographic on 1893, april the 30th.

- Study about the races in Italy (1921)

- Selected breeds and the bounds of their evolution (1940)

- A Tesio's report to the Italian Jockey Club (May 1945)

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