The Autobiography Of Benvenuto Cellini Translated And With An Introduction By George Bull

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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

Author : Benvenuto Cellini
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141911999
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini written by Benvenuto Cellini and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-06-24 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith - a passionate craftsman who was admired and resented by the most powerful political and artistic personalities in sixteenth-century Florence, Rome and Paris. He was also a murderer and a braggart, a shameless adventurer who at different times experienced both papal persecution and imprisonment, and the adulation of the royal court. Inn-keepers and prostitutes, kings and cardinals, artists and soldiers rub shoulders in the pages of his notorious autobiography: a vivid portrait of the manners and morals of both the rulers of the day and of their subjects. Written with supreme powers of invective and an irrepressible sense of humour, this is an unrivalled glimpse into the palaces and prisons of the Italy of Michelangelo and the Medici.

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini

Author : Benvenuto Cellini
Publisher : London : J.C. Nimmo
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Benvenuto Cellini written by Benvenuto Cellini and published by London : J.C. Nimmo. This book was released on 1888 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Autobiography: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Laura Marcus
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191647055
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Autobiography: A Very Short Introduction written by Laura Marcus and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography is one of the most popular of written forms. From Casanova to Benjamin Franklin to the Kardashians, individuals throughout history have recorded their own lives and experiences. These personal writings are central to the work of literary critics, philosophers, historians and psychologists, who have found in autobiographies from across the centuries not only an understanding of the ways in which lives have been lived, but the most fundamental accounts of what it means to be a self in the world. In this Very Short Introduction Laura Marcus defines what we mean by 'autobiography', and considers its relationship with similar literary forms such as memoirs, journals, letters, diaries, and essays. Analysing the core themes in autobiographical writing, such as confession, conversion and testimony; romanticism and the journeying self; Marcus discusses the autobiographical consciousness (and the roles played by time, memory and identity), and considers the relationship between psychoanalysis and autobiography. Exploring the themes of self-portraiture and performance, Marcus also discusses the ways in which fiction and autobiography have shaped each other. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Italian Literature Before 1900 in English Translation

Author : Robin Healey
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442642696
Total Pages : 1185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Italian Literature Before 1900 in English Translation written by Robin Healey and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 1185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Italian Literature before 1900 in English Translation provides the most complete record possible of texts from the early periods that have been translated into English, and published between 1929 and 2008. It lists works from all genres and subjects, and includes translations wherever they have appeared across the globe. In this annotated bibliography, Robin Healey covers over 5,200 distinct editions of pre-1900 Italian writings. Most entries are accompanied by useful notes providing information on authors, works, translators, and how the translations were received. Among the works by over 1,500 authors represented in this volume are hundreds of editions by Italy's most translated authors - Dante Alighieri, [Niccoláo] Machiavelli, and [Giovanni] Boccaccio - and other hundreds which represent the author's only English translation. A significant number of entries describe works originally published in Latin. Together with Healey's Twentieth-Century Italian Literature in English Translation, this volume makes comprehensive information on translations accessible for schools, libraries, and those interested in comparative literature."--Pub. desc.

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

Author : Benvenuto Cellini
Publisher : Penguin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780140440492
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini written by Benvenuto Cellini and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 1956 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benvenuto Cellini was a celebrated goldsmith and distinguished sculptor, yet it is on his autobiography that much of his fame rests. Begun in Florence when he was fifty-eight, it was primarily intended to be the story of his life and art, his tragedies and triumphs. However, as he was an active participant in the wars and struggles of the period and drew his friends and enemies from all levels of society, it became a vivid and convincing portrait of the manners and morals both of the rulers of the sixteenth century and of their subjects.With enviable powers of invective and an irrepressible sense of humor, reflected in an equally vigorous and extravagant style, Cellini has provided an intriguing and unrivaled glimpse into the palaces and prisons of the Italy of Michelangelo and the Medici. For this edition George Bull has revised and expanded his Introduction, added comprehensive Notes, and updated the Bibliography. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The Portable Dante

Author : Dante Alighieri
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101573821
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Portable Dante written by Dante Alighieri and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-07-29 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s two masterworks—The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova—in one volume A Penguin Classic As a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Christian faith. As an autobiographer, he looked unsparingly at his own failures to depict universal struggles. As a visionary, he dared draw maps of Hell, with Purgatory and Paradise, and populate all three realms with recognizable human beings. As a passionate lover, he became a poet of bereavement and renunication. As all of these, Dante Alighieri paved the way for modern literature, while creating verse and prose that remain unparalleled for formal elegance, intellectual depth, and emotional grandeur. The Portable Dante captures the scope and fire of Dante’s genius as thoroughly as any single volume can. It contains complete verse translations of The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova, as well as a bibliography, notes, and an introduction by the eminent scholar and translator Mark Musa. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L

Author : O. Classe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9781884964367
Total Pages : 930 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (643 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L written by O. Classe and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Life

Author : Benvenuto Cellini
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192828491
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book My Life written by Benvenuto Cellini and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thus spoke Pope Paul III on learning that Cellini had murdered a fellow artist, so great was Cellini's reputation in Renaissance Italy. A renowned sculptor and goldsmith, whose works include the famous salt-cellar made for the King of France, and the statue of Perseus with the head of the Medusa, Cellini's life was as vivid and enthralling as his creations.

The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation

Author : Peter France
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0198183593
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation written by Peter France and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Guide offers both an essential reference work for students of English and comparative literature and a stimulating overview of literary translation in English."--BOOK JACKET.

Michelangelo

Author : Martin Gayford
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141932252
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Michelangelo written by Martin Gayford and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At thirty one, Michelangelo was considered the finest artist in Italy, perhaps the world; long before he died at almost 90 he was widely believed to be the greatest sculptor or painter who had ever lived (and, by his enemies, to be an arrogant, uncouth, swindling miser). For decade after decade, he worked near the dynamic centre of events: the vortex at which European history was changing from Renaissance to Counter Reformation. Few of his works - including the huge frescoes of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, the marble giant David and the Last Judgment - were small or easy to accomplish. Like a hero of classical mythology - such as Hercules, whose statue he carved in his youth - he was subject to constant trials and labours. In Michelangelo Martin Gayford describes what it felt like to be Michelangelo Buonarroti, and how he transformed forever our notion of what an artist could be.

The Renaissance and the Wider World

Author : Joanne M. Ferraro
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350158984
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Renaissance and the Wider World written by Joanne M. Ferraro and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning historian Joanne M. Ferraro's The Renaissance and the Wider World skillfully surveys the economic, political, social, and cultural history of Europe for the period between 1250 and 1600. The book examines how the Renaissance manifested itself through developments in the high culture of art, architecture, philosophy, science, technology, and education, as well as material culture in the form of worldly goods and consumption patterns. Ferraro expertly shows how Renaissance high culture began in 13th-century Italy, with important ancient and medieval legacies and cultural infusions from China, North Africa, and Islam and, from the 16th century, the Ottomans and the Americas; she also examines some of the ways in which this Renaissance then impacted the rest of Europe, the Americas, and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th and 16th centuries. Vital and innovative themes that permeate the text's discussions of science, art, architecture, philosophy, and technology are that: * Global encounters helped shape the material, intellectual and artistic cultures of the age * Both women and men contributed significantly to the advances made * The daily lives of ordinary men and women are fundamental to understanding this remarkable period Highly illustrated and with valuable pedagogical features, such as timelines and a glossary, The Renaissance and the Wider World is the essential guide to a European era of profound global importance.

The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975

Author : British Library (London)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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The Poison Trials

Author : Alisha Rankin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022674499X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Poison Trials written by Alisha Rankin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-01-22 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1524, Pope Clement VII gave two condemned criminals to his physician to test a promising new antidote. After each convict ate a marzipan cake poisoned with deadly aconite, one of them received the antidote, and lived—the other died in agony. In sixteenth-century Europe, this and more than a dozen other accounts of poison trials were committed to writing. Alisha Rankin tells their little-known story. At a time when poison was widely feared, the urgent need for effective cures provoked intense excitement about new drugs. As doctors created, performed, and evaluated poison trials, they devoted careful attention to method, wrote detailed experimental reports, and engaged with the problem of using human subjects for fatal tests. In reconstructing this history, Rankin reveals how the antidote trials generated extensive engagement with “experimental thinking” long before the great experimental boom of the seventeenth century and investigates how competition with lower-class healers spurred on this trend. The Poison Trials sheds welcome and timely light on the intertwined nature of medical innovations, professional rivalries, and political power.

Were Early Modern Lives Different?

Author : Andrew Hadfield
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134917937
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Were Early Modern Lives Different? written by Andrew Hadfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Should we assume that people who lived some time ago were quite similar to us or should we assume that they need to be thought of as alien beings with whom we have little in common? This specially commissioned collection explores this important issue through an analysis of the lives and work of a number of significant early modern writers. Shakespeare is analysed in a number of essays as authors ask whether we can learn anything about his life from reading the Sonnets and Hamlet. Other essays explore the first substantial autobiography in English, that of the musician and poet, Thomas Wythorne (1528-96); the representation of the self in Holbein’s great painting, The Ambassadors; whether we have a window into men's and women's souls when we read their intimate personal correspondence; and whether modern studies that wish to recapture the intentions and inner thoughts of early modern people who left writings behind are valuable aids to interpreting the past. This book was originally published as a special issue of Textual Practice.

Renaissance Rivals

Author : Rona Goffen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300105896
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Renaissance Rivals written by Rona Goffen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For sixteenth-century Italian masters, the creation of art was a contest. They knew each other's work and patrons, were collegues and rivals. Survey of this artistic rivalry, the emotional and professional circumstances of their creations.

Encyclopedia of Life Writing

Author : Margaretta Jolly
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136787445
Total Pages : 1141 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Life Writing written by Margaretta Jolly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 1141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Savoring the Past

Author : Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439143730
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Savoring the Past written by Barbara Ketcham Wheaton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wheaton effortlessly brings to life the history of the French kitchen and table. In this masterful and charming book, food historian Barbara Ketcham Wheaton takes the reader on a cultural and gastronomical tour of France, from its medieval age to the pre-Revolutionary era using a delightful combination of personal correspondence, historical anecdotes, and journal entries.