How Long to Read Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso

How Long Does it Take to Read Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso?

It takes the average reader to read Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso by Paul Barolsky

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Description

Written in the spirit of Ovid (43 B.C–A.D. 17/18), this lively and erudite book traces the art derived from Ovid’s Metamorphoses from the Renaissance up to the present day. The Metamorphoses has been more widely illustrated than any other book except the Bib≤ for centuries, great artists have drawn, painted, and sculpted its stories, the artists often responding not only to Ovid’s work but to one another’s in their depictions. Paul Barolsky, a specialist in Italian Renaissance art and literature, explores Ovid’s unparalleled influence on the visual arts, discussing works by many of the most famous artists of the past six centuries. Broadly interdisciplinary, the new understanding of the themes of the Metamorphoses revealed here will appeal to those in the fields of Renaissance art, humanism, literature, history, and classics, among others. At once witty, entertaining, and profound, Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso is a meditation on what words can achieve that images cannot, and conversely what images can show that words cannot tell.

How long is Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso?

Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso by Paul Barolsky is 0 pages long, and a total of 0 words.

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How Long Does it Take to Read Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes to read Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso aloud.

What Reading Level is Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso?

Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso is suitable for students ages 2 and up.

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