HUMA 1125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Pewter, Necromancy, Sebastiano Ricci
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Cellini begins by telling us of his great lineage as the founders of florence, and then the noble but humble families from which his parents come from. Was sent to many accomplished goldsmiths in his time to learn the trade such as: michelangelo. Thinks very highly of himself and of his specialness even when he was young: he handles a scorpion (he is a scorpio, he saw a salamander in the fire. Was sentenced to an 8 month exile with his brother due to this incident. Cellini met another goldsmith and learned his trade. After returning from exile, he gets a letter of recommendation to bologna and is happy to go. One day his younger brother comes home from school and did not have nice clothes, so his sister gave him cellini"s new cloak and doublet at which he got angry and left for pisa (pg.
