How Long to Read Max Ernst and Alchemy

How Long Does it Take to Read Max Ernst and Alchemy?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 41 minutes to read Max Ernst and Alchemy by M. E. Warlick

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

Description

Surrealist artist Max Ernst defined collage as the "alchemy of the visual image." Students of his work have often dismissed this comment as simply a metaphor for the transformative power of using found images in a new context. Taking a wholly different perspective on Ernst and alchemy, however, M. E. Warlick persuasively demonstrates that the artist had a profound and abiding interest in alchemical philosophy and often used alchemical symbolism in works created throughout his career. A revival of interest in alchemy swept the artistic, psychoanalytic, historical, and scientific circles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Warlick sets Ernst's work squarely within this movement. Looking at both his art (many of the works she discusses are reproduced in the book) and his writings, she reveals how thoroughly alchemical philosophy and symbolism pervade his early Dadaist experiments, his foundational work in surrealism, and his many collages and paintings of women and landscapes, whose images exemplify the alchemical fusing of opposites. This pioneering research adds an essential key to understanding the multilayered complexity of Ernst's works, as it affirms his standing as one of Germany's most significant artists of the twentieth century.

How long is Max Ernst and Alchemy?

Max Ernst and Alchemy by M. E. Warlick is 335 pages long, and a total of 85,425 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Max Ernst and Alchemy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 46 minutes to read Max Ernst and Alchemy aloud.

What Reading Level is Max Ernst and Alchemy?

Max Ernst and Alchemy 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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