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How Long Does it Take to Read Architectural Colour in British Interiors, 1615-1840?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 30 minutes to read Architectural Colour in British Interiors, 1615-1840 by Ian C. Bristow

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Description

For many years, historical architectural colour has been an elusive topic, since paint fades and discolours, and most early schemes have been obliterated by succeeding phases of redecoration. In parallel with this, the taste of later generations has also overlaid earlier ideas of colour with a mass of subjective opinion and received wisdom. To remedy matters, this objective study combines information from documentary sources with data obtained from the technical investigation of significant interiors by important architects of the period, and presents for the first time a coherent outline of true historical practice. It is an essential complement to more conventional architectural studies of form and space. In a series of chapters, the noble interiors of Inigo Jones are contrasted with more intimate spaces of the period; and the succeeding drabness adopted in many rooms of the second half of the seventeenth century is set against its taste for marbling, graining, and imitation japan. It is shown how the new foundation established by the Palladians came to provide the basis for the lively use of colour by Robert Adam and his contemporaries; and the study concludes by showing how the development of colour theory in the early nineteenth century superseded eighteenth-century ideas and, combined with the Regency taste for the exotic, led to an entirely new outlook, much of which still forms present-day preconceptions.

How long is Architectural Colour in British Interiors, 1615-1840?

Architectural Colour in British Interiors, 1615-1840 by Ian C. Bristow is 265 pages long, and a total of 67,575 words.

This makes it 89% the length of the average book. It also has 83% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Architectural Colour in British Interiors, 1615-1840 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 9 minutes to read Architectural Colour in British Interiors, 1615-1840 aloud.

What Reading Level is Architectural Colour in British Interiors, 1615-1840?

Architectural Colour in British Interiors, 1615-1840 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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