Partridge, Loren W

Discusses Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes within the context of their site, cultural circumstances, production, narrative and compositional structure, style, and theological significance, and includes thirty-eight color plates of the Renaissance masterpiece.

Discusses the art of Renaissance Rome between 1400 and 1600 that was sponsored by the rival societal forces of the clergy on one hand and the nobility on the other. During this time churches, palaces, paintings, and sculptures were created, and Rome was restructured as an urban setting.