A clear and helpful basic introduction to Mantegna, breaking down his career into chunks defined by key projects: the Overtari Chapel; the San Zeno Altarpiece; the Camera Picta; and the Triumphs of Caesar. There is also a short discussion of the artist's involvement with printmaking at the end, which lays out the academic debate in this area. At only 64 pages it does not pretend to be an exhaustive monograph and there are many works which are not considered: unsurprisingly, the focus is very much on the Mantegnas in the Met's own collection. Nevertheless, it's a helpful place to start, giving the reader a sense of Mantegna's innovations, his reception by contemporaries, and the way motifs and themes move between different aspects of his work. ( )