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Sprezzatura ([sprettsaˈtuːra]) is an
Italian word that
refers to a kind of
effortless grace, the art of
making something difficult look easy, or maintaining...
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Castiglione and
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa are
classic examples of
sprezzatura. The
sprezzatura of the Mona Lisa is seen in both her
smile and the positioning...
- MCA Records. In
addition to his
comedy albums Uno,
Pompous Clown and
Sprezzatura." He has
hosted such TV
shows as
Science Channel’s
critically acclaimed...
- through,
sprezzatura."
According to the Count,
sprezzatura is the most
important rhetorical device the
courtier needs.
Peter Burke describes sprezzatura in...
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Postrel says that for
glamour to be
successful it
nearly always requires sprezzatura—an
appearance of effortlessness, and to
appear distant—transcending the...
- The New
Republic writer Lee
Siegel (posting as a sock
puppet called sprezzatura). On
December 10, 2007,
Klein moved his blog full-time to The American...
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descendants of
Africans perpetuated the
importance of
being "cool". Aṣẹ
Sprezzatura Wu wei - a
similar Chinese aesthetic Thompson,
Robert Farris (1 January...
- his
articles and blog
comments under the
username "
Sprezzatura". In one such comment, "
Sprezzatura"
defended Siegel's bad
reviews of Jon Stewart: "Siegel...
- compositions,
though very
carefully conceived in drawings,
achieve "
sprezzatura", a term
invented by his
friend Castiglione, who
defined it as "a certain...
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quality which makes the
courtier seem a
natural nobleman":
sprezzatura.
Sprezzatura, or the art that
conceals art (in the
words of
another ancient...
