The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Penguin Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140447180 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 465 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-24 |
| Language | : | Italian |
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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. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.. 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.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. 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. Benvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith - a passionate craftsman who was admire
He confesses to several murders himself, at least one rape, a notorious prison-break, innumerable fights and feuds. Cellini served dukes, bishops, cardinals, and kings and queens of several nations, and he quarreled with them all, including two popes, one of whom, by Cellini's account, tried to murder him. The vigorous translation by John Addington Symonds (uncredited by the producer?a recurring fault) is superbly realized by British narrator Robert Whitfield, successfully bringing to tape Cellini's unforgettable story. Highly recommended for all collections.?Peter Josyph, New YorkCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. From its first appearance in 1728 (150 years after his death), this portrait of a fanatical individualist hel
George Bull is an author and journalist who has translated 6 volumes for Penguin Classics, including The Book of the Courtier by Castiglione, Vasari's Lives of the Artists and The Prince by Machiavelli. . Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) was a celebrated goldsmith and distinguished sculptor who
A Fair View of a Disturbing Part of History Perry C. Robinson Ye'or's work is a well organized chronicle and examination of Islamic intolerance for the past 1,400 years of Jews, Christians, Animists and other minor religious groups. Ye'or is fair and even reports when Christians or other groups were at times intolerant of Muslims or other gro. "Wild times in a wild time" according to A Customer. Benvenuto Cellini was a great sculptor of the 16th century. He was not, by trade, a writer, and his rough prose and sprawling narrative testify to that.But what he lacks in writing skill, he more than makes up for in personality, so much so that his brilliant life and gusto for liv. "A first hand account of Renaissance Italy and France" according to Peter Smallhill. This book covers the eventful life of a passionate craftsman who lived through major events of the Renaissance. In Florence, Rome, and Paris, Cellini managed to gravitate to the most powerful political and artistic personalities, but his relationships with them were always bumpy. C