How Long to Read John Heartfield and the Agitated Image

How Long Does it Take to Read John Heartfield and the Agitated Image?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 30 minutes to read John Heartfield and the Agitated Image by Andrés Mario Zervigón

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

Description

Working in Germany between the two world wars, John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld, 1891–1968) developed an innovative method of appropriating and reusing photographs to powerful political effect. As a pioneer of modern photomontage, he sliced up mass media photos with his iconic scissors and then reassembled the fragments into compositions that utterly transformed the meaning of the originals. In John Heartfield and the Agitated Image, Andrés Mario Zervigón explores this crucial period in the life and work of a brilliant, radical artist whose desire to disclose the truth obscured by the mainstream press and imperial propaganda made him a de facto prosecutor of Germany’s visual culture. Zervigón charts the evolution of Heartfield’s photomontage from an act of antiwar resistance into a formalized and widely disseminated political art in the Weimar Republic. Appearing on everything from campaign posters to book covers, the photomonteur’s notorious pictures challenged well-worn assumption and correspondingly walked a dangerous tightrope over the political, social, and cultural cauldron that was interwar Germany. Zervigón explains how Heartfield’s engagement with montage arose from a broadly-shared dissatisfaction with photography’s capacity to represent the modern world. The result was likely the most important combination of avant-garde art and politics in the twentieth century. A rare look at Heartfield’s early and middle years as an artist and designer, this book provides a new understanding of photography’s role at this critical juncture in history.

How long is John Heartfield and the Agitated Image?

John Heartfield and the Agitated Image by Andrés Mario Zervigón is 330 pages long, and a total of 82,500 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read John Heartfield and the Agitated Image Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 30 minutes to read John Heartfield and the Agitated Image aloud.

What Reading Level is John Heartfield and the Agitated Image?

John Heartfield and the Agitated Image 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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