Florence and the Renaissance

by Alain J. Lemaître

Book

Genres: Art, History

223 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1995

About the author

Alain J. Lemaitre is Professeur of Modern History at the University of Upper Alsace (France).

Reviews

[Peter Tillman]

Eh. Decent, not really my sort of book.

[Pink]

This book only touches on the art of the renaissance, i expected it to touch on other topics, but it really didn't. I felt a bit disappointed.

[Yasmine]

It's not the worst art book I've ever seen though, but it did not wow me either. I wish there was more information about the artworks, but if you are only looking for brief summaries about art then this is a good book to add to your collection. There isn't much about pagan themes in it though, so if you are into all-antica artwork then you will be disappointed. Also, the index isn't very helpful.

I think it's worth checking out if you just want to flip through some information if you are just trying to see if there will be a lot of information on a piece, because you are writing a research paper. I'm glad I was only borrowing it from the library though, since it didn't help me too much.

[AC]

Wonderful book (so far...), intelligent, nuanced ... large plates, with details...

[Melissa]

Standard