Cellini: the “supreme scoundrel of the Renaissance”

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🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Jerry Brotton describes the astonishing life and career of the Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini – a story of murder, plague, imprisonment and even necromancy

Professor Jerry Brotton describes the astonishing life and career of the 16th-century Italian artist Benvenuto Cellini, whose biography shines a light on the dark heart of the Renaissance and features murder, plague, imprisonment and even necromancy.

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0:00.0	Tom Hanks is Otto. He's seen it all.
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0:07.4	He's a man who gets easily annoyed.
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0:15.4	I am not unfriendly.
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0:18.2	But he's finding his joy again in the most unlikely place.
0:21.4	I'm not sure about this.
0:23.6	He's going to be very fun.
0:25.2	A man called Otto, only in cinemas now.
0:42.9	Hello and welcome to the History Extra Podcast
0:45.6	from BBC History Magazine,
0:47.7	Britain's best-selling History Magazine.
0:57.6	I'm Ellie Corpon.
0:59.1	Benvenuto Chilini was one of the most talented artists
1:02.5	of the 16th century.
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