Benvenuto Cellini News

 
Modern Artists Find a Sartorial Purpose With Jewelry
New York Times
Benvenuto Cellini, the Italian Renaissance artist and goldsmith, made gem-set baubles for his Florentine patrons: But the history of modern artist-designed jewelry goes back barely a century. “The history really begins with the sculptors Calder and ...


 
Carey hits again with charming, disturbing novel
Winnipeg Free Press
There the machinist gives him a book, The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, to show him how properly to be a patron to an artist, and informs him, "You don't want a duck." Actually, Henry wants a duck. Henry's misadventures (and Catherine's too) can be quite ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
The Noble Art of the Sword, The Wallace Collection, London, review: when men ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Benvenuto Cellini claims to have killed four men with his sword, and in 1606 Caravaggio was run out of Rome after killing a young man in a brawl. In London, the carnage became so alarming that harsh penalties were imposed for sword-fighting.


 
Nothing finer than this Falstaff
The Australian
Slightly less successful was the overture to Benvenuto Cellini, which opened the concert. Although Zinman's tempo choices were too slow to scintillate, his lithe, graceful reading still offered plenty to savour. MUSIC Sydney Symphony.

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Museums Association
Museum takeaways
Museums Association
Benvenuto Cellini's Saliera was stolen in 2003 from the Vienna Museum of Art History. That theft took only 58 seconds. The value of the Saliera: €35m. The facts justify the conclusion that security was far below standard. The largest art theft outside ...


 
Chiesa: inaugurazione punto accoglienza a Roma per pellegrini francigeni
Agenzia di Stampa Asca
Questo piede, custodito in un elegante reliquiario argenteo di Benvenuto Cellini, e' giunto fino a San Giovanni dei Fiorentini e dimenticato. Riscoperto nel 2000 e portato nel 2001 al Museo dei Fiorentini, all'interno della Basilica, ...

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La Nazione
Un fermaglio in oro è il dono della città di Arezzo al Papa
La Nazione
L'OPERA L'opera, dedicata ai santi Pietro e Donato, è un gioiello-scultura realizzato con l'antica tecnica della fusione a cera persa che richiama alla mente Benvenuto Cellini e vuole testimoniare il sacrificio del patrono di Arezzo, vescovo della ...

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