{"product_id":"equestrian-art-the-early-writings-1951-1956-of-master-nuno-oliveira-paperback","title":"Equestrian Art: The Early Writings (1951-1956) of Master Nuno Oliveira - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNuno Oliveira\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1951 to 1956, Nuno Oliveira wrote about sixty articles concerning horses and riding in two Portuguese magazines, \"\u003cem\u003eDiana\u003c\/em\u003e\" from 1951 to 1954, then \"\u003cem\u003eVida Rural\u003c\/em\u003e\" until the end of 1956.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe articles he wrote in the 1950s, are succinct, most around 1000 words long, never start from a lofty view of horse riding. Most of these early writings are models of that great equestrian intelligence which was one of the hallmarks of his personality. Until now, they were neither collected in a single volume nor fully translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXenophon Press has worked carefully with Nuno Oliveira's daughter, Pureza Oliveira and with key bilingual students to complete the English translation from the original Portuguese texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe articles address a wide variety of topics including, for example, diagonal and lateral effects, the fine tuning of aids, the horse's memory, etc. These articles 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe present here for the first time ever, a complete and new English translation of these 60 articles, embellished with photographs of the same years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether with the companion volume to this book, \u003cem\u003eEquestrian Art: The Collected Later Works by Master Nuno Oliveira\u003c\/em\u003e (Collector's Edition), we now present, for the first time in English, in a set of two volumes, the complete written works of one of the greatest equestrian masters of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776967049504,"sku":"9781948717519","price":64.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2d909bf93c243fe0c5637850dff1739c.webp?v=1780489240","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/equestrian-art-the-early-writings-1951-1956-of-master-nuno-oliveira-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}