Loren Partridge's academic monograph on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, part of the Great Fresco Cycles of the Renaissance series, covering the 1508 contract, the escalating scope of the commission under Pope Julius II, the nine Genesis scenes, the ignudi and prophets, and the ceiling's twentieth century restoration. The standard English language scholarly account.
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Partridge was a professor of art history at the University of California, Berkeley, and this monograph is the field's standard English language reference for the ceiling's commission and iconographic program specifically. NotesCited for the ceiling's commission history, scope and iconographic program.
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AuthorLoren Partridge
PublisherGeorge Braziller / Harry N. Abrams
Publication Year1996
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Julius II directly: "scope of the commission under Pope Julius II, the nine Genesis scenes, the ignudi and prophets, and the ceiling's twentieth century restoration."
Source Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Rome (Loren Partridge)Loren Partridge
Claims Backed By This Source (36 claims)
This source backs 36 claims across the atlas. As facts: 25 well-attested. As cited relationships: 8 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 20 claims: 12 well-attested, 7 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
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