Loren Partridge is Professor Emeritus of Art History and Italian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. His many books include Art of Renaissance Florence, 1400--1600; Michelangelo, ""The Last Judgment"": A Glorious Restoration; The Art of Renaissance Rome, 1400--1600; and Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling. He has been honored by Fulbright, Kress, Guggenheim, and Getty fellowships; grants from the American Academy in Rome and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; and chairmanship of the departments of both History of Art and Art Practice at the University of California, Berkeley.
Delightful and convenient ... rich and readable ... A valuable contribution and a model piece of art historical synthesis, the text is as well written as the project is deftly conceived. -- P. Emison CHOICE Throughout the book, Partridge masterfully interweaves close formal and stylistic analysis with thorough treatments of these works' iconography, patronage, and relation to civic ritual, local history, and broader trends in spirituality and literature. -- Lorenzo G. Buonanno Renaissance Quarterly