Benvenuto cellini accomplishments quotes

Benvenuto Cellini (November 31500 – February 131571) was a Florentine writer, goldsmith and sculptor.

Benvenuto cellini accomplishments quotes

He is now best known as the author of a revealing autobiography.

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• Dico, che l'arte della Scultura infra tutte l'arte, che s'interviene disegno, è maggiore sette volte, perchè una statua di Scultura deve avere otto vedute, e conviene che la sieno tutte di egual bontà.
  • I assert that the art of sculpture, among all the arts connected with design, is at least seven times greater than any other, for the following reason: why, sir, a statue of true sculpture ought to have seven points of view, which ought all to boast equal excellence.
  • Letter to Benedetto Varchi, January 28, 1546, cited from G.

    P. Carpani (ed.) Vita di Benvenuto Cellini (Milano: Nicolo Bettoni, 1821) vol. 3, p. 183; translation from Thomas Nugent (trans.) The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, a Florentine Artist (London: Hunt and Clarke, 1828) vol.

    2, p. 264.

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