Sprezzatura

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

Origin of the term

In his book Libro del Cortegiano (German The Book of the Courtier ) he describes the Sprezzatura as an essential quality of a perfect courtier and always recommends “to use a certain kind of nonchalance that hides art and shows that what you do or say, apparently came about effortlessly and almost without thought ”.

distribution

Giulio Caccini took up this courtly ideal in the foreword to Le Nuove Musiche and spoke of the nobile sprezzatura di canto in the sense of an informal, relaxed lightness of the arias of his operas.

The idea of ​​the Sprezzatura is widespread, even if it is usually not consciously named.

Richard Sennett goes into detail in his book Cooperation on the origin and use of Sprezzatura. Sennett calls Sprezzatura a craft in which ease is learned.

Jürgen Trabant claims coolness is “nothing more than sprezzatura”.

Expression: only those who can dance will walk freely.

Web links

Wiktionary: Sprezzatura  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jürgen Trabant: European language thinking. From Plato to Wittgenstein . CH Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-54109-7 . , P. 92.