Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Lantern, Vol. 3
Withal Pietro was the blithe companion of any day's or night's adventure, as Titian who painted him out of pure friendship, could tell you, or Raphael who loved to dine at his table. And what a table! It was loaded with delicacies contributed by kind friends, haunted by men who created with pen, pencil or chisel. The divine Aretino was a wonderful en tertainer who sometimes lapsed into what might be regarded as the vulgarities of Trimalchio's feast; only that he was not a man Of wealth and could not be suspected of making an ostentatious show of vulgar riches. Only things beautiful were precious in his eyes, and with beautiful things, gifts Of great genius, it was his conceit to be ostentatious, as for instance at a dinner when at the end of each course the gold and silver dishes were flung out of a Window into a river. Great goldsmiths were there to grieve at the loss not realizing that Aretino was the in genious jokesmith of the occasion. He had nets stretched beneath the surface of the river wherein the precious articles were caught. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
