How Long to Read Great British Paintings from American Collections

How Long Does it Take to Read Great British Paintings from American Collections?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Great British Paintings from American Collections by Malcolm Warner

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

Description

Outside Britain itself, the richest holdings of British art are found in American collections. This extraordinary presentation of some 85 works pays tribute to this strength of American collecting, while offering a fresh and engaging account of the history of painting in Britain from the sixteenth century to the present. The selection is drawn from collections from around the United States, both public and private, and includes spectacular pictures from the Yale Center for British Art and the Huntington Art Collections in California, the two leading collections of British art in America. Among the highlights are such masterpieces as Sir Anthony Van Dyck's portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria with her dwarf, Sir Jeffrey Hudson, William Hogarth's Beggar's Opera, Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy, Henry Fuseli's Nightmare, John Constable's Hadleigh Castle, J. M. W. Turner's Staffa, Fingal's Cave, and William Holman Hunt's Lady of Shalott. Following introductory essays by Malcolm Warner on anglophilia and art, and by Robyn Asleson on the history of collecting British art in the States, each painting is reproduced in colour, with a discussion of its artistic importance and the circumstances o

How long is Great British Paintings from American Collections?

Great British Paintings from American Collections by Malcolm Warner is 262 pages long, and a total of 66,024 words.

This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Great British Paintings from American Collections Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours to read Great British Paintings from American Collections aloud.

What Reading Level is Great British Paintings from American Collections?

Great British Paintings from American Collections is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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