Michael Greenhalgh
Michael Greenhalgh was a British art historian, specialising in Classicism and the Renaissance. He obtained BA in French Studies MA on Quatremere de Quincy and PhD on "Renaissance Reconstructions of the Seven Wonders of the World" from the University of Manchester. He taught at the University of Leicester until 1987 when he was appointed Chair of Art History at the Australian National University.
After he retired in 2005, he continued writing and publishing until January 2026.
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''