Sprezzatura

The term sprezzatura was described by Baldassare Castiglione as the ability to make even strenuous deeds seem easy and effortless.

Origin of the term

In his famous book Libro del Courtier ( The Book of the Courtier German ), he describes the sprezzatura as an essential property of a perfect courtier and always recommends " to use a certain kind of nonchalance which conceals art and bezeigt that what you do or say, apparently come effortlessly and almost without thinking about is ".

Dissemination

Giulio Caccini took in the preface of Le Nuove Musiche on this courtly ideal and spoke of the nobile sprezzatura di canto in the sense of casual, relaxed ease of arias of his operas.

The idea of ​​sprezzatura is widespread, though usually not aware named.

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