Vincent Cronin was educated at Ampleforth College, Harvard University, and Trinity College, Oxford, from which he graduated with honours in 1947. In addition to being a recipient of a W.H. Heinemann Award (1955) and a Rockefeller Foundation Award (1958), Cronin is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His works have been widely translated into European languages. He died in January 2011, aged 86.
An evocative picture of Rome at the turn of the sixteenth
century... the account of Michelangelo is particularly memorable.
At the same time Mr Cronin places the Renaissance firmly in its
historical, political and religious setting... The book is
beautifully written, and in his discussion of such artists as
Titian and Giorgione Cronin shows a rare talent for describing and
dissecting paintings.
*Observer*
It is Mr Cronin's outstanding achievement to have given this truly
chaotic period a form which makes it intelligible - but without
distorting its meaningthrough over-simplification.
*Daily Telegraph*
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