Aristocratic_and_artistic_cool Cool_(aesthetic)

mona lisa, or la gioconda (la joconde), leonardo da vinci expresses sprezzatura, aristocratic cool .

aristocratic cool , known sprezzatura, has existed in europe centuries, particularly when relating frank amorality , love or illicit pleasures behind closed doors; raphael s portrait of baldassare castiglione , leonardo da vinci s mona lisa classic examples of sprezzatura. sprezzatura of mona lisa seen in both smile , positioning of hands. both smile , hands intended convey grandeur, self-confidence , societal position. sprezzatura means, literally, disdain , detachment. art of refraining appearance of trying present oneself in particular way. in reality, of course, tremendous exertion went pretending not bother or care.

english poet , playwright william shakespeare used cool in several of works describe composure , absence of emotion. in midsummer night s dream, written sometime in late-16th century, contrasts shaping fantasies of lovers , madmen cool reason, in hamlet wrote o gentle son, upon heat , flame of thy distemper, sprinkle cool patience, , antagonist iago in othello musing reason cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.

the cool anatolian smile of turkey used mask emotions. similar mask of coolness worn in both times of stress , pleasure in american , african communities.