Silvano Campeggi
I have seen the rush of jousts

texts by C. Acidini Luchinat, V. Beoni, E. Campeggi

catalogo della mostra: Poppi, Palazzo Giorgi, 3 luglio-31 agosto 2005
Fano, Rocca Malatestiana, 10 settembre-23 ottobre 2003

Promoted by Arezzo City Council and the Province of Arezzo on the occasion of the exhibition held at Sala Sant’Ignazio (27 June-7 September 2003), this volume contains 50 pictures by Silvano Campeggi focusing on the Joust of the Saracen, the famous contest that some historians have traced back to Dante Alighieri’s times, quoting the following lines of the Inferno as evidence: «and on your land, o Aretines, I have seen, / rangers and raiding parties galloping, / the clash of tournaments, the rush of jousts» (22.4-6). The book includes an essay by the leading art historian Cristina Acidini Luchinat entitled Painting the Joust and a piece by Vittorio Beoni on the history and features (rituals, participants, rules) of the Joust proper and of the celebrations surrounding it. The artist’s detailed biographical note (summarized in the following paragraphs) was written by Elena Campeggi.