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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
Benvenuto Cellini
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Hardcover. Benvenuto Cellini is an artist-craftsman, one of the greatest sculptors in the renaissance, passionately devoted to art, the worshipper and frequenter of the great men of his time, the 'divine' Michelangelo, who came to his studio. This autobiography gives an account of his daily life in Renaissance Florence and Rome, its studios, and its taverns. Num Pages: 540 pages. BIC Classification: ACND; AFKB; AGB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 207 x 30. Weight in Grams: 578.
Benvenuto Cellini is an artist-craftsman, one of the greatest sculptors in the renaissance, passionately devoted to art, the worshipper and frequenter of the great men of his time, the 'divine' Michelangelo, who came to his studio, the 'marvellous' Titian (the adjectives are Cellini's ). He loathed the sculptor Torregiano because he had broken Michelangelo's nose.His autobiography gives a quite extraordinarily vivid account of daily life in Renaissance Florence and Rome, its studios, its taverns, its violence, his loves, the kings, cardinals and popes who commission his works. At 27 he helps direct the defence of the castello San Angelo; his ... Read more
Benvenuto Cellini is an artist-craftsman, one of the greatest sculptors in the renaissance, passionately devoted to art, the worshipper and frequenter of the great men of his time, the 'divine' Michelangelo, who came to his studio, the 'marvellous' Titian (the adjectives are Cellini's ). He loathed the sculptor Torregiano because he had broken Michelangelo's nose.His autobiography gives a quite extraordinarily vivid account of daily life in Renaissance Florence and Rome, its studios, its taverns, its violence, his loves, the kings, cardinals and popes who commission his works. At 27 he helps direct the defence of the castello San Angelo; his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
540
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
540
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841593289
SKU
V9781841593289
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About Benvenuto Cellini
Introducer Biography: James Fenton is a poet, critic and journalist whose non-fiction titles include Leonardo's Nephew: Letters on Art and Artists and School of Genius, an illustrated history of the Royal Academy of Arts. He has been Professor of Poetry at Oxford and writes regularly for the New York Review of Books. Notes by David Ekserdjian: ... Read more
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