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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| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface to the First Edition
- Note to the Second Italian Edition
- 1 Concealment
- 2 Part of Eloquence Is to Hide Eloquence
- 3 The Concealed Ornament
- 4 Art or Nature?
- 5 In the Garden
- 6 Iki
- 7 Those Who Cannot Dissimulate Cannot Rule Either
- 8 True Eloquence Mocks Eloquence
- 9 Ready-Mades
- Notes
- Index