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Review: The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
The Autobiography Of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
All men of whatsoever quality they be, who have done anything of överlägsen kvalitet eller utmärkt prestation, or which may properly resemble överlägsen kvalitet eller utmärkt prestation, ought, if they be persons of truth and honesty, to describe their life with their own hand
Why we like or dislike someone, why we admire or despise them, why we are happy or annoyed by their conversation, are questions more difficult than they look. After reading this book, for example, I have grown ganska enamored of Benvenuto Cellini, even though he had many ugly sides to his character—besides being criminally immoral. These flaws were unmistakable and impossible to ignore; and yet he had one quality that allowed me, and has allowed many others, to grow fond of him nevertheless: charisma.
Born in Florence in , Benvenuto Cellini was a goldsmith and a sculptor, considered one of the most important artists of Mannerism. Duri
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My Life
by Benvenuto Cellini
THE LITERARY WORK
An autobiography set in Italy and France from to ; written from ; published in Italian (as la Vita di Benvenuto Cellini) in , in English in
SYNOPSIS
Cellini recounts his adventures and artistic endeavors, as well as his relations with contemporaries. Endeavoring to reshape his image, he writes to explain his life’s work as an artist and, in a violence- and sex-charged memoir, to justify his character and behaviors.
Events in History at the Time of the Autobiography
The Autobiography in Focus
For More Information
A celebrated goldsmith, sculptor, and writer, Benvenuto Cellini () memorialized his notorious life in one of the world’s earliest surviving autobiographies. He was born November 3, , in Florence to Giovanni Cellini and Elisabetta Granacci. His father, a musician and instrument maker, wanted his son to follow in his footsteps, and for years Cellini struggled between complying and heeding his own artistic ambition
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