Renaissance Florence : the invention of a new art / A. Richard Turner.

"A Perspectives book from Prentice Hall"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-173) and index.

Offers an incisive and original account of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Florentine art in its social, cultural, political, geographic, economic and religious settings. Ranging in scope from monumental and public artworks to the intimacy of the domestic interior, it explores artistic patronage and the working conditions of artists in a way that is fully accessible.