How Long to Read Mythological Subjects

How Long Does it Take to Read Mythological Subjects?

It takes the average reader 16 hours and 12 minutes to read Mythological Subjects by Peter Paul Rubens

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

Description

One remarkable feature of European culture as it developed in the Renaissance was the accommodation it made with ancient paganism. The classical gods and their legends were allegorised, transformed into symbolic figures or emblematic scenes that might accord with Christian morality. At the same time there emerged a new, secular, genre of art devoted to the depiction of the most popular myths, above all the love stories recounted by the ancient poets. These stories were not only attractive in themselves; they offered the opportunity to depict nude figures in narrative action, which the example of antiquity held forth as the highest goal for painting. 00Rubens was one of the greatest creators of classical allegory; he was also a supreme interpreter of the classical stories. No painter was so at home in the literature of the Greeks and Romans. When he painted for pleasure, which, increasingly in the course of his life, he felt able to do, he used pagan myth to express and celebrate themes of love, beauty and the creative forces of nature, often in wonderfully idiosyncratic ways. Still, as a Christian committed to the ideals of the Catholic Reformation, Rubens respected the restrictions generally placed on the depiction of pagan tales. Most of his mythological paintings were made for private settings, for display within houses (including his own) or in the galleries of princes, noblemen and prelates. It is a happy accident of history that so many of these splendid paintings are now widely visible in the great museums of the world.

How long is Mythological Subjects?

Mythological Subjects by Peter Paul Rubens is 939 pages long, and a total of 243,201 words.

This makes it 317% the length of the average book. It also has 297% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mythological Subjects Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 22 hours and 8 minutes to read Mythological Subjects aloud.

What Reading Level is Mythological Subjects?

Mythological Subjects is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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