BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news554@kunstgeschichte.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260217T121520 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260219T173000 SUMMARY:Renaissance Lives - 'Benvenuto Cellini and the Embodiment of the Mo dern Artist‘ Andreas Beyer (Basel) DESCRIPTION:The art history public has long been both fascinated and repell ed by the renowned Renaissance sculptor Benvenuto Cellini. He was a murder er\, thief\, lover of both genders\, servant and rival of popes and prince s\, as well as an ingenious artist. In his legendary autobiography\, the V ita\, Cellini describes his activities vividly and in lurid detail. Often\ , the most disturbing passages were dismissed as fiction. In this clear-ey ed portrayal\, Andreas Beyer argues that these sensational accounts of bod y\, sex and extreme experiences are not only entertaining but authentic. T hey reveal the true depth of Cellini’s character: an artist who embraced life’s full spectrum and shattered all boundaries. This book asserts th at the roots of artistic autonomy in modernism can be traced back to Celli ni’s audacious life and work.\\r\\nRenaissance Lives is a series of bio graphies published by Reaktion Books [https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/] as wel l as a series of conversations discussing the ways in which individuals tr ansmitted or changed the lives of traditions\, ideas and images.\\r\\nATTE NDANCE FREE WITH ADVANCE BOOKING:\\r\\nhttps://warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-even ts/events/renaissance-lives-benvenuto-cellini-2026 X-ALT-DESC:

The art history public has long been both fascinated and repe lled by the renowned Renaissance sculptor Benvenuto Cellini. He was a murd erer\, thief\, lover of both genders\, servant and rival of popes and prin ces\, as well as an ingenious artist. In his legendary autobiography\, the Vita\, Cellini describes his activities vividly and in lurid detai l. Often\, the most disturbing passages were dismissed as fiction. In this clear-eyed portrayal\, Andreas Beyer argues that these sensational accoun ts of body\, sex and extreme experiences are not only entertaining but aut hentic. They reveal the true depth of Cellini’s character: an artist who embraced life’s full spectrum and shattered all boundaries. This book a sserts that the roots of artistic autonomy in modernism can be traced back to Cellini’s audacious life and work.

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Renaissance Lives  \;is a series of biographies published by Reaktion Books as well as a serie s of conversations discussing the ways in which individuals transmitted or changed the lives of traditions\, ideas and images.

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https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/renaissance-lives-benve nuto-cellini-2026

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