Michael Greenhalgh (born 1943) is a British art historian, specialising in

Classicism Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate. In its purest form, classicism is an aesthe ...

and the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

. He obtained BA in French Studies (1966) MA on Quatremere de Quincy (1966) and PhD on "Renaissance Reconstructions of the Seven Wonders of the World" from the

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...

(1968). He taught at the

University of Leicester The University of Leicester ( ) is a public university, public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park, Leicester, Victoria Park. The university's predecessor, Univ ...

until 1987 when he was appointed Chair of Art History at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

Publications

*''The Classical Tradition in Art'', London, Duckworth, 1978 *''Donatello & his Sources, London'', Duckworth, 1982 *''The Survival of Roman Antiquities in the Middle Ages'', Messrs Duckworth, London 1989 *''What is Classicism?'', Academy Editions, London 1990 *''Marble Past, Monumental Present: Building with Antiquities in the Mediaeval Mediterranean'', Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2009 *''Constantinople to Córdoba: Dismantling Ancient Architecture in the East, North Africa and Islamic Spain'' (Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2012)

References

1943 births Living people Alumni of the University of Manchester Academics of the University of Leicester Academic staff of the Australian National University Place of birth missing (living people) British art historians {{UK-art-historian-stub