Sprezzatura : : Concealing the Effort of Art from Aristotle to Duchamp / / Paolo D'Angelo.

The essence of art is to conceal art. A dancer or musician does not only need to perform with ability. There should also be a lack of visible effort that gives an impression of naturalness. To disguise technique and feign ease is to heighten beauty. To express this notion, Italian has a word with no...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
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Series:Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts
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