Federigo Griso
Federigo Griso (* 1507 ; † 1570 ), called Grisone , was an Italian riding master.
Griso taught at the Neapolitan Riding School, which was founded in 1532 and was then influential in Western Europe. Together with his student Giovanni Pignatelli, he invented various extremely sharp bridles, especially curbs , which were used to force the horse into submission. His riding instruction Ordini di Cavalcare appeared in 1550.
Griso believed that punishment was the best way to train the horse. The horse should be more afraid of the rider than anything else and out of this fear obey unconditionally under all circumstances. He became the founder of the Italian school of violence and indirectly also the French school through his successor Giovanni Pignatelli and his pupil Salomon de la Broue .
Web links
- Literature by and about Federigo Griso in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ordini di cavalcare, edition Venice 1551 (digitized BSB Munich)
- Ordini di cavalcare, edition Pesaro 1558 (online version Bibl. ENV de Lyon)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Griso, Federigo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grisone |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian hippologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1507 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1570 |