The so-called artistic temperament reaches its apotheosis with the great Benvenuto Cellini. Headstrong, dedicated, and supremely gifted, this Florentine will take guff from no man — be he king, pope, duke, artistic rival, or street tough. His adventures make wannabe tough guy artists like Hemingway look like prim schoolmarms. The highlights of this timeless account include Cellini's imprisonment and escape in Rome for murder and the casting of his great bronze, Perseus. Along the way he gets into many arguments, draws his dagger, impregnates a model, suffers heartbreak and sickness, and endures.
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