Renaissance Art: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
"Expertly informed and highly readable. Nichols provides the non-specialist with an in-depth analysis. By focusing on  key masterpieces  Nichols provides the non-specialist with an in-depth analysis...  while also illuminatingly placing them within the wider context of Renaissance culture." -- Peter Humfrey, Professor of Art History, University of St Andrews"An excellent introduction. The book is exceptionally informative... and  articulated in a way that is remarkably fresh." -- Malcolm Bull, The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford, and Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Professor, The Courtauld Institute of Art"An excellent introduction to the art of the Renaissance. Nichols offers fresh insights and well-observed commentary on individual works and their place within the history of art." -- Tania String, Senior Lecturer in History of Art, University of Bristol