Giotto to Durer: Early Renaissance Painting in the National Gallery (National Gallery London Publications)

The stories about renaissance art are more detailed than a casual art lover is looking for, but many of them I found very interesting and highly informative. I love a composition of the book, and a history of dispersed paintings from the same church or altarpiece is fascinating. A quality of reproductions is great.

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Kind of generic.

A really good mix of general and specific information, beautiful era, too.

I'm a real art geek, and I've read a lot of books on this subject. This is one of the best. It provides a wonderful review of paintings and how they were made in Western Europe before the 16th century. This was a time of great transition in style, subject matter, and materials. This was when oil painting transitioned from an ancillary medium, believed useful for a few minor aspects of a painting, to the primary means of making visual art. This book lays it all out in ways that are accessible, yet thorough. If you are going to get one book about Renaissance painting, get this one.

This is a beautiful, sumptuous book, crammed with detail and excellent colour reproductions. Other readers mightn't go for all the technical information but I can't get enough of it. I also prefer the discussions of individual works which occupy a large part of this volume -- its companion, 'Dürer to Veronese', takes a more synoptic view, which tends to obscure the fact that these are surveys of a collection.That's my only quibble, and it isn't really with the book, which is about as accomplished at it could be -- so good, in fact, that it's tempting to read it as a textbook of the whole period. Much of the material is of general relevance, of course; but don't forget that many of the major works from this period aren't in galleries at all: they're still in the places they were meant to be.

We are used to looking at "old Master" painting as if it were just a matter of style, but the truth is that Renaissance art was in important respects the product of a revolution in the use of binding media (water and egg yolk for tempera; oils) for pigments, and in the prepared surfaces (wood panels, paper, canvas) to which these pigments were applied. This wonderfully illustrated book distills the knowledge gained by the restorers of the National Gallery in London, from decades of well-documented, cutting-edge restorations of the outstanding Italian and northern European Old Master paintings in their care. It is much, much more than a technical handbook. Historical essays cover the categories of Renaissance painting, 1300 to 1500, and their many uses, while the second half of the book is an informative catalogue (with gorgeous color reproductions) of individual paintings by many of the best-known Renaissance artists (Botticelli, Jan van Eyck, Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Durer, to name the most obvious).

Book is worn out. Looks like pages are coming free from the binding as well.

Wonderfully illustrated and a mine of information for anyone wanting to dig deeper into the world of Renaissance paintings, and our wonderful collection in the National Gallery. I bought it as required reading for my Open University module. Its a real treasure.

Packed with illustrations of major works of art from the National Gallery and accompanying text, makes this a great book on the early Renaissance.

How many times have you wandered around a gallery, rather lost for details to focus on in the paintings you gaze at? Here is your answer to the plethora of rooms at the National Gallery, a book full of detail about all aspects of art and artists in the Early Renaissance. In addition there are a large number of works presented and annotated which will make your visit to the National Gallery that little bit richer.

Thanks World of Books. I have used them regularly over months and have always been happy. No difference this time except that I was not aware of the extensive highlighting there was in the book. However, it is perfectly legible and I have a beautiful Art History book (originally very expensive) a a very moderate cost.I'll be back!

Great book! Very happy 🙂👍