A true aristocrat, Castiglione insisted, should preserve one's composure in all circumstances, and behave with unaffected nonchalance and effortless dignity. Such nonchalance he called sprezzatura:
It is an art which does not seem to be an art. One must avoid affectation and practice in all things a certain sprezzatura, disdain or carelessness, so as to conceal art, and make whatever is done or said appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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