The Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture
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Benvenuto Cellini
Benvenuto Cellini, a 16th century Florentine goldsmith and sculptor, is perhaps better known for his colorful autobiography than his works of art. In his "Trattati", Cellini explains how he made his intricate pieces in gold, such as the salt cellar intended for the table of King Francis I of France, and his monumental sculptures, including the bronze Perseus and Medusa that stands in Florence's Loggia dei Lanzi. Cellini allows himself numerous digressions, so what might in the hands of another author have proved a dry textbook is instead an amusing companion to his "Vita". - Summary by Rob Marland (7 hr 32 min)
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter VI. How to Set an Emerald and a Sapphire
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter VII. How to Make Foils for All Sorts of T…
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter X. How to Give a Diamond its Reflector
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XI. About White Rubies and Carbuncles
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XIV. How to Make Steel Dies for Stamping …
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XVI. How the Before-Mentioned Medals are …
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XVII. Another Way of Striking Medals with…
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XVIII. How to Work in Large Ware, in Gold…
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XX. Another and a Better Way of Casting
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXI. Yet Another Furnace, Such a One as I…
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXII. How to Fashion Vessels of Gold and …
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXIII. Another Method for Gold and Silver…
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXIV. A Third Method for Similar Things
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXV. Of Figures Made in Silver and Greate…
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXVII. A Recipe for Making Colours and Co…
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXVIII. A Recipe for Making Another Sort …
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXIX. How to Make a Third Gilding Colour …
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXXI. How to Make Yet Another Colouring
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXXII. The Manner of Applying the Said Co…
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXXIII. What You Do When You Wish to Leav…
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXXIV. How to Make Two Kinds of Aquaforti…
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXXV. How to Make Aquafortis for Parting
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The Treatise on Sculpture: Chapter II. How the Above-Mentioned Clay is Made
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The Treatise on Sculpture: Chapter III. Another Method of Casting Figures in Br…
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The Treatise on Sculpture: Chapter IV. How to Construct Furnaces for Casting Br…
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The Treatise on Sculpture: Chapter V. How to Carve Statues or Intaglios, or Oth…
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The Treatise on Sculpture: Chapter VII. A Disquisition on Colossal Statues Whet…
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The Treatise on Sculpture: Chapter VIII. The Mystery of Making Great Colossi
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