Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · May 20, 2013
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- Who it’s for
- A vivid, often outrageous glimpse of Renaissance life from an artist who knew palaces and prisons.
- Genres
- Artists' Lives, Renaissance History, Italian History
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, May 20, 2013
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Benvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith; a passionate craftsman who was admired and resented by the most powerful political and artistic personalities in sixteenth-century Florence, Rome and Paris. He was also a murderer and a braggart, a shameless adventurer who at different times experienced both papal persecution and imprisonment, and the adulation of the royal court.
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Inn-keepers and prostitutes, kings and cardinals, artists and soldiers rub shoulders in the pages of his notorious autobiography: a vivid portrait of the manners and morals of both the rulers of the day and of their subjects. Written with supreme powers of invective and an irrepressible sense of humour, this is an unrivalled glimpse into the palaces and prisons of the Italy of Michelangelo and the Medici.
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A vivid, often outrageous glimpse of Renaissance life from an artist who knew palaces and prisons.
Come here for
- A craftsperson’s unruly vantage on Renaissance power
- Invective, bravado, and an irrepressible sense of humour
Expect
- Rulers, artists, soldiers, and ordinary people in lively company
- A self-portrait as brash as it is revealing
Where it sits
| Artists' Lives | 97% |
|---|---|
| Renaissance History | 58% |
| Italian History | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Artists' Lives
- Authors
- Benvenuto Cellini
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- May 20, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Artists' Lives