How to Steal a Million: The Life and Amazing Adventures of Benvenuto Cellini, a Genius of the Renaissance
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How to Steal a Million: The Life and Amazing Adventures of Benvenuto Cellini, a Genius of the Renaissance
14.99 €
In the famous movie How to Steal a Million, starring the brilliant Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole, the plot centers on the theft of a statue of Venus allegedly created by Benvenuto Cellini. It was valued at a million dollars, and its theft became the event of the century. Interest in the personality of Cellini is not accidental: a younger contemporary of Michelangelo, an outstanding sculptor, jeweler, painter and musician, he is rightly considered one of the geniuses of the Renaissance. A man of restless and violent temperament, he lived an adventurous life - fought in wars, fought in duels, was repeatedly on trial, sat in prison, made an incredible escape from the Roman castle of the Holy Angel, from which, according to general opinion, it was impossible to escape. At the end of his life Cellini wrote memoirs, in addition, his pen belong to numerous letters. The author of the book, presented to your attention, used all this, organically complementing the documentary facts of fiction. The book is written in a lively and lush language and is illustrated with a large number of illustrations, which makes it even more interesting to read.
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