Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura)

Italian Illuminator · 1430–1495

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Cosmè Tura was an influential and prominent artist in fifteenth-century Ferrara. He developed a sophisticated and exhuberant style in which the figures are often unnaturally attenuated and highly expressive. In 1458, he was officially made court artist under Borso d'Este, ruler of Ferrara. In his capacity as court artist, he was not only a panel and fresco painter, but did everything from painting