Perseus

A craftsman's virtuosity, a sublime indifference to sentiments and ideas that are not formal aesthetic concepts, lie at the base of the work of Cellini, a truly great "court artist." From this vantage point of stylistic and technical interests, he looks at Donatello, at Verrocchio, at Michelangelo, and his emulation of them is part of his trade. And this cold creative passion is revealed in the bold wonders of his Perseus.