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Renaissance humanism

Baldassare Castiglione

Baldassare Castiglione reveals more than style alone.

Diplomat and author of The Book of the Courtier, a dialogue on social grace.

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His idea of sprezzatura names the art of making effort invisible. It is not carelessness but mastery that refuses display.

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His idea of sprezzatura names the art of making effort invisible. It is not carelessness but mastery that refuses display.

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