Home›Sources›Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Rome (Loren Partridge)SourcesMichelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Rome (Loren Partridge)Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Rome (Loren Partridge)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/michelangelo-sistine-chapel-ceiling-partridge.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Rome (Loren Partridge). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/michelangelo-sistine-chapel-ceiling-partridgeCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-michelangelo-the-sistine-chapel-ceiling, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Rome (Loren Partridge)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/michelangelo-sistine-chapel-ceiling-partridge}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXLoren 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.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (34 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Partridge 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.NotesWell-attestedCited for the ceiling's commission history, scope and iconographic program.CitationAuthorWell-attestedLoren PartridgePublisherWell-attestedGeorge Braziller / Harry N. AbramsPublication YearWell-attested1996Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithJulius II, Figures Well-attested 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 Partridgetier 1Claims Backed By This Source (34 claims)This source backs 34 claims across the atlas. As facts: 23 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 TopicSacred Art & Iconography, 18 claims: 10 well-attested, 7 holds, 1 general references.Articles, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.Well-attested23ArticlesFrom Twelve Apostles to Three Hundred FiguresThe Cleaning That Turned the Ceiling From Brown to BrightSacred Art & IconographySistine Chapel CeilingSourcesMichelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Rome (Loren Partridge)Holds8Sacred Art & IconographySistine Chapel CeilingSourcesMichelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Rome (Loren Partridge)General References3ArticlesFrom Twelve Apostles to Three Hundred FiguresThe Cleaning That Turned the Ceiling From Brown to BrightSacred Art & IconographySistine Chapel CeilingComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year