How Long to Read Piranesi's Candelabra and the Presence of the Past

How Long Does it Take to Read Piranesi's Candelabra and the Presence of the Past?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 41 minutes to read Piranesi's Candelabra and the Presence of the Past by Caroline van Eck

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

Description

Near the end of his life, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78) created three colossal candelabra mainly from fragments of sculpture excavated near the Villa Hadriana in Tivoli, two of which are now in the Ashmolean Museum, and one in the Louvre. Although they were among the most sought-after and prestigious of his works, and fetched enormous prices during Piranesi's life, they suffered a steep decline in appreciation from the 1820s onwards, and even today they are among the least studied of his works. Piranesi's Candelabra and the Presence of the Past uncovers the intense investment, by artists, patrons, collectors, and the public around the start of the nineteenth century in objects that made Graeco-Roman Antiquity present again. Caroline van Eck's study examines how objects make their makers or viewers feel that they are again in the presence of Antiquity, that not only Antiquity has revived, but that classical statues become alive under their gaze. what it takes to make such objects, and what it costs to own them; and about the ramifications of such intense if not excessive attachments to artefacts. This book considers the three candelabra in depth, providing the biography of these objects, from the excavation of the Roman fragments to their entry into private and public collection. Van Eck considers the context that Piranesi gave them by including them in his Vasi, Candelabri e Cippi (1778), to rethink the processes that led to the development of neoclassicism from the perspective of the objects and objectscapes that came into being in Rome at the end of the eighteenth century.

How long is Piranesi's Candelabra and the Presence of the Past?

Piranesi's Candelabra and the Presence of the Past by Caroline van Eck is 221 pages long, and a total of 55,471 words.

This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Piranesi's Candelabra and the Presence of the Past Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 3 minutes to read Piranesi's Candelabra and the Presence of the Past aloud.

What Reading Level is Piranesi's Candelabra and the Presence of the Past?

Piranesi's Candelabra and the Presence of the Past 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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