Benvenuto Cellini tells the story of his life as a hot-tempered rebel and outstanding sculptor in Renaissance Italy.

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Penguin Classics)

Arts & Photography

Cellini, Benvenuto

History & Criticism

Penguin Classics

"Men like Benvenuto, unique in their profession, need not be subject to the law." --Pope Paul III on learning that Cellini had murdered a fellow artist Benvenuto Cellini was beloved in Renaissance Florence. A renowned sculptor and goldsmith whose works include the famous salt-cellar made for the King of France, and the statue of Perseus with the head of the Medusa, Cellini's life was as vivid and enthralling as his creations. A man of action as well as an artist, he took part in the Sack of Rome in 1527; he was temperamental, passionate, and conceited, capable of committing criminal acts ranging from brawling and sodomy to theft and murder. He numbered among his patrons popes and kings and members of the Medici family, and his autobiography is a fascinating account of sixteenth-century Italy and France written with all the verve of a novel. This new translation, which captures the freshness and vivacity of the original, is based on the latest critical edition. It examines in detail the central event in Cellini's narrative, the casting of the statue of Perseus.

My Life (Oxford World's Classics)

Bondanella, Peter

Bondanella, Julia Conaway

Individual Artists

Oxford University Press

"Men like Benvenuto, unique in their profession, need not be subject to the law." --Pope Paul III on learning that Cellini had murdered a fellow artist Benvenuto Cellini was beloved in Renaissance Florence. A renowned sculptor and goldsmith whose works include the famous salt-cellar made for the King of France, and the statue of Perseus with the head of the Medusa, Cellini's life was as vivid and enthralling as his creations. A man of action as well as an artist, he took part in the Sack of Rome in 1527; he was temperamental, passionate, and conceited, capable of committing criminal acts ranging from brawling and sodomy to theft and murder. He numbered among his patrons popes and kings and members of the Medici family, and his autobiography is a fascinating account of sixteenth-century Italy and France written with all the verve of a novel. This new translation, which captures the freshness and vivacity of the original, is based on the latest critical edition. It examines in detail the central event in Cellini's narrative, the casting of the statue of Perseus. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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 of—as he described them—the “divine” Michelangelo and the “marvelous” Titian, but was as well known for his violent feuds. At age twenty-seven he helped defend the Castel Sant’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 “a cell of tarantulas and venomous worms” 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. Cellini’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.

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

Sculpture

Everyman"s Library

Benvenuto Cellini tells the story of his life as a hot-tempered rebel and outstanding sculptor in Renaissance Italy

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

St Martins Pr

Life of Benvenuto Cellini

Memoirs: The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini [Number 51 Dent Everyman's Library]

J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd.

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

The Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture.

Dover Pubns

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1885 edition by Edoardo Sonzogno, Milano.

La vita di Benvenuto Cellini scritta da lui medesimo: Ridotta alla lezione originale del codice Laurenziano con note e documenti illustrativi etc (Italian Edition)

Professionals & Academics

Adamant Media Corporation

Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini a Florentine Artist

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Memoirs Of Benvenuto Cellini A Florentine Artist

Religion & Spirituality

Kessinger Publishing

The Treatises Of Benvenuto Cellini On Goldsmithing And Sculpture

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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Penguin Classics)

My Life (Oxford World's Classics)

My Life (Oxford World's Classics)

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

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

Life of Benvenuto Cellini

The Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture.

La vita di Benvenuto Cellini scritta da lui medesimo: Ridotta alla lezione originale del codice Laurenziano con note e documenti illustrativi etc (Italian Edition)

Memoirs Of Benvenuto Cellini A Florentine Artist

The Treatises Of Benvenuto Cellini On Goldsmithing And Sculpture