How Long to Read Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art

How Long Does it Take to Read Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art by Nancy Princenthal

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The first biography of visionary artist Agnes Martin, one of the most original and influential painters of the postwar period Over the course of a career that spanned fifty years, Agnes Martin’s austere, serene work anticipated and helped to define Minimalism, even as she battled psychological crises and carved out a solitary existence in the American Southwest. Martin identified with the Abstract Expressionists but her commitment to linear geometry caused her to be associated in turn with Minimalist, feminist, and even outsider artists. She moved through some of the liveliest art communities of her time while maintaining a legendary reserve. “I paint with my back to the world,” she says both at the beginning and at the conclusion of a documentary filmed when she was in her late eighties. When she died at ninety-two, in Taos, New Mexico, it is said she had not read a newspaper in half a century. No substantial critical monograph exists on this acclaimed artist—the recipient of two career retrospectives as well as the National Medal of the Arts—who was championed by critics as diverse in their approaches as Lucy Lippard, Lawrence Alloway, and Rosalind Krauss. Furthermore, no attempt has been made to describe her extraordinary life. The whole engrossing story, told here for the first time, Agnes Martin is essential reading for anyone interested in abstract art or the history of women artists in America.

How long is Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art?

Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art by Nancy Princenthal is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art aloud.

What Reading Level is Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art?

Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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