The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini: Introduction by James

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini: Introduction by James Fenton (Everyman's Library Classics Series)

Here is the most important autobiography from Renaissance Italy and one of the most spirited and colorful from any time or place, in a translation widely recognized as the most faithful to the energy and spirit of the original.

Benvenuto Cellini was both a beloved artist in sixteenth-century Florence and a passionate and temperamental man of action who was capable of brawling, theft, and murder. He counted popes, cardinals, kings, and dukes among his patrons and was the adoring friend ofâ€”as he described themâ€”the â€œdivineâ€ Michelangelo and the â€œmarvelousâ€ Titian, but was as well known for his violent feuds. At age twenty-seven he helped defend the Castel Santâ€™Angelo in Rome, and his account of his imprisonment there (under a mad castellan who thought he was a bat), his escape, recapture, and confinement in â€œa cell of tarantulas and venomous wormsâ€ is an adventure equal to any other in fact or fiction. But it is only one in a long life lived on a grand scale.

Celliniâ€™s autobiography is not merely the record of an extraordinary life but also a dramatic and evocative
account of daily life in Renaissance Italy, from its lowest taverns to its highest royal courts.
Country USA
Brand Everyman's Library
Manufacturer Everyman's Library
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780307592743
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2010-04-06
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780307592743

Country	USA
Brand	Everyman's Library
Manufacturer	Everyman's Library
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780307592743
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2010-04-06
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780307592743

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini: Introduction by James Fenton (Everyman's Library Classics Series)

Customers who purchased this also purchased....