How Long to Read Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck

How Long Does it Take to Read Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 23 minutes to read Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck by John Peacock

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Description

This interdisciplinary study examines painted portraiture as a defining metaphor of elite self-representation in early modern culture. Beginning with Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier (1528), the most influential early modern account of the formation of elite identity, the argument traces a path across the ensuing century towards the images of courtiers and nobles by the most persuasive of European portrait painters, Van Dyck, especially those produced in London during the 1630s. It investigates two related kinds of texts: those which, following Castiglione, model the conduct of the ideal courtier or elite social conduct more generally; and those belonging to the established tradition of debates about the condition of nobility –how far it is genetically inherited and how far a function of excelling moral and social behaviour. Van Dyck is seen as contributing to these discussions through the language of pictorial art. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, cultural history, early modern history and Renaissance studies.

How long is Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck?

Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck by John Peacock is 202 pages long, and a total of 50,904 words.

This makes it 68% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 38 minutes to read Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck aloud.

What Reading Level is Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck?

Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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