Sprezzatura
May, 2012
An Itialian idiom, meaning "effortlessly cool"(a) an Italian idiom, meaning "effortlessly cool"Since the Dark Ages, the nation of Italy has worked at the forefront of modern aesthetics. Architects, painters, sculptors, designers of royal carriages and, later, sports cars, cordwainers, suit makers, all the way to the great 20th century filmmakers—theItalians seem to birth endless generations of geniuses and trendsetters who smile nonchalantly in the face of praise. "It was easy,&qu...