It takes the average reader 3 hours and 17 minutes to read Messerschmidt's Character Heads by Michael Yonan
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This book examines a famous series of sculptures by the German artist Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736–1783) known as his "Character Heads." These are busts of human heads, highly unconventional for their time, representing strange, often inexplicable facial expressions. Scholars have struggled to explain these works of art. Some have said that Messerschmidt was insane, while others suggested that he tried to illustrate some sort of intellectual system. Michael Yonan argues that these sculptures are simultaneously explorations of art’s power and also critiques of the aesthetic limits that...
Messerschmidt's Character Heads by Michael Yonan is 194 pages long, and a total of 49,276 words.
This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 60% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 29 minutes to read Messerschmidt's Character Heads aloud.
Messerschmidt's Character Heads is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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