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| Genre/Form: | Audiobooks Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Benvenuto Cellini |
| Material Type: | Biography, Audio book, etc. |
| Document Type: | Sound Recording |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Benvenuto Cellini; Robert Whitfield |
| ISBN: | 078611164X 9780786111640 |
| OCLC Number: | 37576030 |
| Notes: | Unabridged. "Originally published in 1730"--Container. |
| Performer(s): | Read by Robert Whitfield. |
| Description: | 11 sound cassettes (16.5 hr.) : digital, 1 7/8 ips. |
| Other Titles: | Vita. |
Abstract:
A master Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and writer, Benvenuto Cellini is best remembered for his magnificent autobiography. In this work, which was begun in 1558 but not published until 1730, Cellini chronicles his own flamboyant times. He tells of his adventures in Italy and France and his relations with popes, kings, and fellow artists. From Florence and Pisa to Siena and Rome, Cellini portrays a tumultuous period--the age of Galileo, Michelangelo, and de Medicis. Historians have considered this work as a prime example of the emergence of modern individualism during the Renaissance.
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