Renaissance Art: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides) Paperback – 1 Mar. 2010

I purchased this book as we are going to Florence and I know nothing about Renaissance Art. It was very easy reading, interesting and informative. Very good glossary of terms and suggested further reading for each chapter should you wish to. A great little book and a very reasonable cost.

This is a good introductory book, covering a lot of ground, which is just what you need when you're trying to learn about art. For me, the downside was the paucity and quality of the illustrations and that stops it receiving 5 stars. Not all the illustrations are in colour and those that are are tiny. Some works described aren't illustrated at all. My solution was to read it alongside my iPad, which worked, but wasn't as neat as it could have been. Better illustrations in the next edition please!

Very good.

good introduction in to the topic I have enjoyed reading it,.

An easy read but very informative book

Great introduction to this subject.

I was astonished not to find Piero dells Francesca nor Sebastiano del Piombo in the list of artists listed or discussed. Is there any reason why these artists are omitted from the book ? I only found out after I had bought the book, and it was too late to bring it back.

It was delivered very quick considering it was dispatched from UK. Thoroughly enjoyed and the read and insight to the world of Renaissance.

As a nascent art historian, I recommend this book as THE introduction to Renaissance art. There are better books on the Italian or Flemish Renaissance, but this is the first coherent discussion of Renaissance art as a cultural phenomenon that encompassed both. The scholarship is cutting edge without being partisan. The readings of artistic works are historically appropriate but tell the larger story of the Renaissance as the beginning of modern European culture in a way that is true to the diversity of its origins. Even someone steeped in the material and texts of early modern Europe will gain new insights from this work.

nothing about Giotto except a sentence