Cosmè Tura
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Cosmè Tura ( Cosimo Tura ; * around 1430 in Ferrara ; † 1495 ibid) was an Italian Renaissance painter . He was court painter to the Estonians in Ferrara and the founder and main representative of the so-called Ferrarese school .
Life
Tura received his training as a painter from Francesco Squarcione in Padua , who was also Andrea Mantegna's trainer . From 1460 to 1495 he worked as a court painter in Ferrara under the dukes Borso and Ercole I. d'Este . As a court painter, he was not only involved in the production of altarpieces for the churches and chapels, with mythological pictures or frescoes, but he was also responsible for the organization and furnishing of the court festivals and tournaments . He was also responsible for handicrafts in Ferrara by providing templates for carpets, tapestries and other textiles and furnishing furniture and rooms with decor. In addition, two works from the Cathedral of Ferrara (approx. 1458) are attributed to him, which were probably carved in marble by the sculptor Paolo di Luca based on his designs. Among his most important works are the frescos from the cycle of monthly pictures in the Palazzo Schifanoia in Ferrara. Tura's major projects have either been destroyed or removed from their original context. His allegorical figures ( London , National Gallery ; Gemäldegalerie Berlin ) are the only elements that have survived from his decorations for the studiolo in Belfiore (1458–63).
style
His rough but decorative style can be seen as a take on international Gothic fashion as imparted to him by Mantegna, Piero della Francesca, and Andrea del Castagno .
Works
- St. Maurilius, marble figure based on a design by Cosmè Tura, Ferrara Cathedral Museum, approx. 1458
- Allegorical Figures in London , National Gallery and Gemäldegalerie Berlin (1458–63)
- Roverella polyptych (around 1480); today in fragments: London, National Gallery; Rome, Colonna Collection; Paris , Louvre ; San Diego , San Diego Museum of Art ; New York , Metropolitan Museum ; Boston , Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Organ cladding (1469), Cathedral , Ferrara , badly damaged, today: Museo del Duomo
- Bronze medal (attributed to), pictured are: Front: 'Alfons d'Este' and on the reverse 'Hercules as a child, strangling the snakes', kept in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, GB.
literature
- Stephen J. Campbell: Cosmè Tura of Ferrara. Style, Politics and the Renaissance City. 1450-1495 . Yale University Press, New Haven CT 1998, ISBN 0-300-07219-8 .
- Molteni, Monica: Cosmè Tura, Milan 1999.
- Eberhard Ruhmer : Cosimo Tura = Tura. Paintings and Drawings . Complete edition. Phaidon Press, London 1958.
Web links
- Works by Cosmè Tura at Zeno.org .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tura, Cosmè |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tura, Cosimo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Renaissance painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1430 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ferrara |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1495 |
| Place of death | Ferrara |