How Long to Read Discoveries: Frida Kahlo, Painting Her Own Reality

How Long Does it Take to Read Discoveries: Frida Kahlo, Painting Her Own Reality?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 32 minutes to read Discoveries: Frida Kahlo, Painting Her Own Reality by Christina Burrus

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Description

""My painting carries within it the message of pain"." Frida Kahlo--born in 1907 near Mexico City--learned about pain at a very early age. She contracted polio at six, and then at eighteen suffered serious and permanent injury to her right leg and pelvis in a terrible bus accident. Young and undaunted, she went on to fall in love with the great mural painter Diego Rivera at a time when their native Mexico was going through a period of thrilling political and cultural upheaval. Rivera and Kahlo were a legendary couple--both were impassioned, lifelong communists while fervently attached to traditional Mexican Indian culture, and both were driven by a relentless artistic ambition that surmounted all the dramas that plagued their marriage. Later, Frida became the friend and lover of Leon Trotsky. She was greatly admired by the Surrealists and sat for some of the greatest photographers of her day. Her art largely consisted of self-portraits, like the famous paintings "The Two Fridas" and "The Broken Column," though she also left many striking still-lives. In "Frida Kahlo: Painting Her Own Reality," Christina Burrus assesses Frida Kahlo's extraordinary work--a maelstrom of cruelty, humor, candor, and insolence reflecting the essence of a free, beautiful, courageous woman who concealed her physical pain behind peals of infectious laughter.

How long is Discoveries: Frida Kahlo, Painting Her Own Reality?

Discoveries: Frida Kahlo, Painting Her Own Reality by Christina Burrus is 148 pages long, and a total of 38,184 words.

This makes it 50% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Discoveries: Frida Kahlo, Painting Her Own Reality Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 28 minutes to read Discoveries: Frida Kahlo, Painting Her Own Reality aloud.

What Reading Level is Discoveries: Frida Kahlo, Painting Her Own Reality?

Discoveries: Frida Kahlo, Painting Her Own Reality is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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