This style of sculpture is characterized by elegance and courtliness in presenting a subtle, drawing a regular face and the richness and decorative draperies into the system.
But his combination of the crude and the pleasant, of bluntness and courtliness, casts an aura that puts off people used to more conventional, or polite, politicians.
Without knights no chivalry, without court no courtliness, without salon no charm, without material support no deference will last indefinitely, not even as make-believe.
In his brilliant strokeplay there was a certain courtliness.
Thus, she contrasts "cortesia" (courtliness) with "villania" (villainy), terms borrowed from the setting of aristocratic court.
He was renowned for his bravery, generosity, courtliness, and learning.
There was, however, a growing tendency to treat behaviour as a kind of bodily rhetoric, through which individuals expressed inner psychological states associated with ideals of gentlemanliness or courtliness.
Even his courtliness toward his wife cannot balance out his condescension toward everyone else.
