Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
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Thoroughly endowed with self-love, Cellini recounts his nonconformist life of art, sex, friendship, enemies, and criminal activity. Benvenuto Cellini's Autobiography provides a rare and intimate glance into the daily life of Renaissance Italy. With recollection of the creation of his most impressive works, his most sensational affairs, prominent feuds, near-death encounters, and heinous murders, Benvenuto Cellini provides a humorous and detailed narrative of his exciting life.
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Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) was an Italian goldsmith, soldier, musician, poet, author, and sculptor. Active during the Italian Renaissance, Cellini was an important artist for the style of Mannerism. Many of Cellini's sculptures have been lost to time, but they are recalled in their glory in Cellini's writing, particularly in his autobiography.
