John Pope-Hennessy
Contributor
Professor of Fine Arts, New York University, 1977β92. Consultative Chairman, Department of European Paintings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 1977β86. Author of Cellini and others.
Primary Contributions (1)
Benvenuto Cellini was a Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and writer. He was one of the most important Mannerist artists and, because of the lively account of himself and his period in his autobiography, one of the most picturesque figures of the Renaissance. Cellini, resisting the efforts of hisβ¦
READ MORE