How Long to Read Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris

How Long Does it Take to Read Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris by Mark Braude

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

Description

A dazzling portrait of Paris’s forgotten artist and cabaret star, whose incandescent life asks us to see the history of modern art in new ways. In freewheeling 1920s Paris, Kiki de Montparnasse captivated as a nightclub performer, sold out gallery showings of her paintings, starred in Surrealist films, and shared drinks and ideas with the likes of Jean Cocteau and Marcel Duchamp. Her best-selling memoir—featuring an introduction by Ernest Hemingway—made front-page news in France and was immediately banned in America. All before she turned thirty. Kiki was once the symbol of bohemian Paris. But if she is remembered today, it is only for posing for several now-celebrated male artists, including Amedeo Modigliani and Alexander Calder, and especially photographer Man Ray. Why has Man Ray’s legacy endured while Kiki has become a footnote? Kiki and Man Ray met in 1921 during a chance encounter at a café. What followed was an explosive decade-long connection, both professional and romantic, during which the couple grew and experimented as artists, competed for fame, and created many of the shocking images that cemented Man Ray’s reputation as one of the great artists of the modern era. The works they made together, including the Surrealist icons Le Violon d’Ingres and Noire et blanche, now set records at auction. Charting their volatile relationship, award-winning historian Mark Braude illuminates for the first time Kiki’s seminal influence not only on Man Ray’s art, but on the culture of 1920s Paris and beyond. As provocative and magnetically irresistible as Kiki herself, Kiki Man Ray is the story of an exceptional life that will challenge ideas about artists and muses—and the lines separating the two.

How long is Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris?

Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris by Mark Braude is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris aloud.

What Reading Level is Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris?

Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris 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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