How Long to Read Fire on the Earth

How Long Does it Take to Read Fire on the Earth?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 37 minutes to read Fire on the Earth by John Gilmour

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

Description

Born in 1945, the German painter Anselm Kiefer "represents the concerns and insecurities of postwar European intellectuals, confronted by a questionable past and a future so threatening that it tends to create despair." In this philosophical case study of Kiefer's work, John C. Gilmour addresses a crisis that is common to twentieth-century art and aesthetic theory: the loss of confidence in the ideals and world view inherited from the Enlightenment. Modernism's historical moment has passed, he claims, and Kiefer's art-which was the subject of a recent national exhibition-reveals the contours of an emerging postmodern vision.Considering the writings of Jameson, Foucault, Baudrillard, Lyotard, and Nietzsche, among others, Gilmour shows how Kiefer's use of literary, mythological, and other cultural texts parallels the intertextual approach common among postmodern theorists. At the same time, the artist's cosmological questioning adds a dimension lacking among many of postmodernism's leading proponents. The author interprets Kiefer's art as a site where distinctions between modern and postmodern senses of representation, history, cosmology, and nature become thematic. He addresses individual paintings-the book includes forty-four illustrations-and gives the historical, biographical, art-critical, and philosophical setting for each piece. Author note: John C. Gilmour is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the B.A. in Fine Arts Program at Alfred University.

How long is Fire on the Earth?

Fire on the Earth by John Gilmour is 214 pages long, and a total of 54,356 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Fire on the Earth Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Fire on the Earth aloud.

What Reading Level is Fire on the Earth?

Fire on the Earth is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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