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The Treatises of Benevenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture
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Benvenuto CelliniC. R. Ashbee

Benvenuto Cellini was born in Florence, Italy, on November 1, 1500. He became a celebrated sculptor, goldsmith, and author, but his fierce temper caused him to be exiled and imprisoned for numerous crimes, the most serious being murder. Among Cellini's best work as a sculptor was a gold saltcellar made for Francis I of France, and a colossal bronze statue titled Perseus and Medusa. Other signif…

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La vita
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Orafo, scultore e scrittore d'arte, di natura irrequieta e violenta, ebbe una vita avventurosa, segnata da contrasti, passioni, delitti, per i quali fu spesso costretto all'esilio o alla fuga. Ma come tutti i grandi talenti ci ha lasciato opere sublimi: il Perseo a Firenze; Apollo e Giacinta e il Narciso al Museo del Bargello; il Crocefisso all'Escorial; la Ninfa di Fontainebleu conservata al L…

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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
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Benvenuto Cellini

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…

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