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Showing posts with label Benvenuto Cellini. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Benvenuto Cellini. Show all posts

13 February 2018

Benvenuto Cellini – sculptor and goldsmith

Creator of the famous Perseus bronze had a dark history Cellini's bronze of Perseus with the Head of Medusa in Piazza della Sign...

24 November 2017

Pietro Torrigiano – sculptor

Achievements overshadowed by assault on Michelangelo Pietro Torrigiano was born in Florence in 1472 Pietro Torrigiano, the sculpt...

17 October 2017

Bartolommeo Bandinelli - Renaissance sculptor

Career scarred by petty jealousies Bartolommeo Bandinelli - a self-portrait The sculptor Bartolommeo Bandinelli, a contemporary and...

6 May 2017

The Sack of Rome

Mutinous army of Holy Roman Empire laid waste to city Imperial forces attack Rome An army loyal to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles ...

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