Winterreitschule
Winterreitschule
The Winterreitschule (winter riding school), also collectively referred to as the Spanish Riding School (Spanische Hofreitschule) serves as an institution which harbors the training and education of 72 Lipizzaner stallions whose lines may be traced back to nearly 800 A.D. The school, despite its geographical context is named rather after the Spanish horses from which the Lipizzaner stallions derived. Today the stallions are brought to the school from the Piber Federal Stud located in western Styria, Austria near the village of Piber. There they are born and reared as youngsters to be selected as ideal sport horses capable of becoming top athletes. These stallions are classically trained to perform the haute école with methods deriving from the Greek philosopher and master horseman Xenophon who first recorded Greek principals of cavalry and horsemanship. The training derives particularly from the post-medieval ages during which advancement of military horsemanship gave soldiers fortitude on the battlefield as they became increasingly required to maneuver swiftly and with great complexity on a field dominated by firearms. Cultivated by their dedicated riding masters the Lipizzaner’s train in the Spanish riding hall all but seven weeks a year and perform between fifty and seventy shows to the public. The baroque qualities of the Spanish Riding School are centered and driven around the imperialism with which the riders adhere to in order to yield harmony between a horse and his master. The very tone emanating from the white walls and sand beige stone instill a sense of purity in horsemanship and the reverence with which the people observe the stallions’ performances. The classic architecture sets the stage to inspire its students to maintain the driven quality of education and nobility through horsemanship. The baroque carvings and statutes very similarly reflect the quality of craftsmanship which reigned in an era during which the
The Winterreitschule (winter riding school), also collectively referred to as the Spanish Riding School (Spanische Hofreitschule) serves as an institution which harbors the training and education of 72 Lipizzaner stallions whose lines may be traced back to nearly 800 A.D. The school, despite its geographical context is named rather after the Spanish horses from which the Lipizzaner stallions derived. Today the stallions are brought to the school from the Piber Federal Stud located in western Styria, Austria near the village of Piber. There they are born and reared as youngsters to be selected as ideal sport horses capable of becoming top athletes. These stallions are classically trained to perform the haute école with methods deriving from the Greek philosopher and master horseman Xenophon who first recorded Greek principals of cavalry and horsemanship. The training derives particularly from the post-medieval ages during which advancement of military horsemanship gave soldiers fortitude on the battlefield as they became increasingly required to maneuver swiftly and with great complexity on a field dominated by firearms. Cultivated by their dedicated riding masters the Lipizzaner’s train in the Spanish riding hall all but seven weeks a year and perform between fifty and seventy shows to the public. The baroque qualities of the Spanish Riding School are centered and driven around the imperialism with which the riders adhere to in order to yield harmony between a horse and his master. The very tone emanating from the white walls and sand beige stone instill a sense of purity in horsemanship and the reverence with which the people observe the stallions’ performances. The classic architecture sets the stage to inspire its students to maintain the driven quality of education and nobility through horsemanship. The baroque carvings and statutes very similarly reflect the quality of craftsmanship which reigned in an era during which the
Citations: Bowie, B. (n.d.). Reprint from September 1958, National Geographic Magazine THE WHITE HORSES OF VIENNA. Retrieved November 23, 2014, http://www.lipizzan.com/vienna.html Longstaffe, C Maria Theresa. (2014, November 30). Retrieved November 23, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. (2014, February 12). Retrieved November 26, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor Winterreitschule Hofburg. (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2014, from http://www.aviewoncities.com/vienna/hofburg.htm Architektur in Wien Winterreitschule. (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2014, from http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.w/w800872.htm The History of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna Kaminesky, K. (2012, January 2). The World-Famous Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Retrieved November 28, 2014, from http://blog.kenkaminesky.com/2012/01/02/spanish-riding-school-in-vienna/