The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini: Introduction by James Fenton MG_Gift_Guide everyone over the age of

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Joan Acocella was “one of our finest cultural critics” (Edward Hirsch)

ringing all the while with timeless humor and wisdom

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini: Introduction by James Fenton MG_Gift_Guide everyone over the age ofHere 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