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Back up to: The Essay

1. Rebirth

   10/10 Cellini’s violent life leaves behind a controversial legacy.
2. Sex and Death

   9/10 Cellini’s misconduct leads him back to jail, where he completes another masterpiece.
3. Forging the Renaissance

   8/10 Back in Florence, Cellini works for Cosimo de’ Medici and creates his greatest work.
4. Golden Years

   7/10 Cellini arrives in Fontainebleau to work for Francis I.
5. Crime and Punishment

   6/10 Cellini is imprisoned for over a year in Rome, enduring various attempts on his life.
6. The Scorpion

   5/10 Cellini roams between the great Italian courts, making art and causing trouble.
7. Death in Florence

   4/10 On his return to Florence, Cellini experiences the horrors of the plague.
8. Storming the Capitol

   3/10 Having built a career as a goldsmith, Cellini becomes a soldier during the Sack of Rome.
9. Overture

   2/10 Cellini’s early years are spent training as a musician.
10. A Portrait of the Artist

    1/10 Professor Jerry Brotton explores the darker side of the Italian Renaissance.