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Rebirth
10/10 Cellini’s violent life leaves behind a controversial legacy.

Sex and Death
9/10 Cellini’s misconduct leads him back to jail, where he completes another masterpiece.

Forging the Renaissance
8/10 Back in Florence, Cellini works for Cosimo de’ Medici and creates his greatest work.

Golden Years
7/10 Cellini arrives in Fontainebleau to work for Francis I.

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

The Scorpion
5/10 Cellini roams between the great Italian courts, making art and causing trouble.

Death in Florence
4/10 On his return to Florence, Cellini experiences the horrors of the plague.

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

Overture
2/10 Cellini’s early years are spent training as a musician.

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