Renaissance Art: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides) Paperback – Illustrated, 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.