Definition of sprezzatura in English:
sprezzatura
noun ˌsprɛtsəˈt(j)ʊərəˌspretsəˈt(y)o͝orə
mass nounStudied carelessness, especially as a characteristic quality or style of art or literature.
Rubens' famous sprezzatura
it takes enviable sprezzatura and self-confidence to perform as a teacher of literature
Example sentencesExamples
- Instead there is a peculiarly Irish sprezzatura.
- Lex had once told him about the ideal of sprezzatura, the art of seeming artless.
- If such reading is sometimes put to the service of sprezzatura, let us hope that room remains for it in the enterprise of literary studies.
- Maybe it's all just sprezzatura, but I doubt it.
- In other words, either artist could have - and, indeed, must have - painted these passages of sprezzatura for the altarpiece to be legible from a distance.