The Artist Flashcards
1
Q
What is sprezzatura?
A
a quality to describe studied carelessness, a nonchalance or easy facility in accomplishing difficult actions which hides the conscious effort that went into them (from Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier)
2
Q
What is terribilità?
A
the effect or expression of powerful will and immense angry force (as in the work of Michelangelo)
3
Q
What is virtuosity?
A
the quality of being extremely skilled at something
