morbidezza
the effect of extreme softness and delicacy in pictorial and sculptural representations.
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How to use morbidezza in a sentence
The colouring was more soft and Roman, with the dull gleam of pearls, a distinguished pallor, morbidezza.
The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine | Heinrich HeineA bad painter often hits the general features, though he fall ever so short of the graces of Titian, or the morbidezza of Guido.
A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume II (of 2) | Philip ThicknesseShe was tall, and her lovely arms showed through the black gauze of her dress with an exquisite roundness and morbidezza.
Suburban Sketches | William Dean HowellsThey blend the morbidezza of the senses with a rare feeling for natural and artistic beauty.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature | John Addington SymondsBoth are marked by the same morbidezza, the same pliancy, as of acanthus leaves that feather round the marble of some Roman ruin.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature | John Addington Symonds
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