Bernadine Barnes, Professor
A specialist in Italian Renaissance art, Bernadine Barnes received her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. She has published many articles on Michelangelo's work, and her book, Michelangelo’s Last Judgment: The Renaissance Response, was published by the University of California Press in 1999. She has also taught at American University in Washington, D.C. and at Syracuse University. She was president of the Italian Art Society from 1999-2001. She curated an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington called EVA/AVE: Images of Women in Renaissance and Baroque Art; the catalogue for this exhibit was published in 1990. She is particularly interested in how Renaissance viewers responded to art. Her most recent book, Michelangelo in Print: Reproductions as Response in the Sixteenth Century will be published by Ashgate Press later this year. It deals with prints that copy Michelangelo’s work—how they were produced, sold, and collected, and how they influenced people’s reaction to his work.