Compare And Contrast Benvenuto Cellini And Bunaccorso Pitti

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Benvenuto Cellini and Bunaccorso Pitti both had the opportunity to live during perhaps the greatest most innovative era in history. Both of these men emanated from the most prosperous and well-known city of the renaissance period. Despite being from the same area, both of these men come exceptionally distinct backgrounds, but still somehow mange to display some of the same characteristics of what men of the renaissance era possessed. By exploring a few of these features: such as, their ability to use force and violence, while working to enhance their own persona, all while under the protection of influential elite that ruled during this time. These aspects of Cellini’s and Pitti’s lives are some of the qualities that make them stand out as …show more content…

Cellini was an artist and goldsmith by trait, which he himself thought there was no equal to him. He thought that he could do anything better in his trade than anyone else. This is shown in his work that he did smaller than his teacher. Cellini was a very narcissistic in his approach to his work. The only person that he thought was equal or greater than himself was the great Michelangelo. Cellini also threatened other artist so that he could obtain contracts that he felt that he deserved other them. Pitti, was a merchant by trade was a merchant and was quite successful at his skill. Though he was perhaps more skillful at gambling than being a vendor. He was never fearful of not having a way for financing things. He either acquired the money from his higher up friends or from his betting ordeals. Bunaccorso did however serve his republic in greater position than that of Cellini. Pitti did however do as he pleased throughout much of adventures but he still acted in service of Florence, holding many capacities within the government. Cellini was too rebellious to act in the same capacity as Bunaccorso. Shifting back to Cellini, he was always out to get the best commissions as used various means of acquiring those contracts. He was more out for himself than Pitti was, this is demonstrated at various times throughout his autobiography. These two men’s aim for self significance could not be anymore different. Cellini was for the most part out for his own self service, while Pitti was having fun, still served the

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