How Long to Read The Enlightenment against the Baroque

How Long Does it Take to Read The Enlightenment against the Baroque?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 49 minutes to read The Enlightenment against the Baroque by Rémy G. Saisselin

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

Description

How do seemingly disparate arenas of Enlightenment philosophy, economic theories, boudoir etiquette, literary styles, and artistic modes coincide in the late eighteenth century? In this poetic essay on the evolution of the idea of luxury and art, Rémy G. Saisselin uses precise, witty examples to describe the development of our modern taste, the successor of the more spiritual and grand baroque goût. His analysis both illuminates and distinguishes between eighteenth-century and modern varieties of conspicuous consumption. This persuasive discourse depicts the rise of luxe as an escape from ennui and shows how, for the first time in European history, a large class of wealthy, leisured people emerged to make art, luxury, and the avoidance of boredom its preoccupation. Saisselin provides an original and lucid picture of the first phases in the emergence of a specifically bourgeois taste. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

How long is The Enlightenment against the Baroque?

The Enlightenment against the Baroque by Rémy G. Saisselin is 166 pages long, and a total of 42,496 words.

This makes it 56% the length of the average book. It also has 52% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Enlightenment against the Baroque Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 52 minutes to read The Enlightenment against the Baroque aloud.

What Reading Level is The Enlightenment against the Baroque?

The Enlightenment against the Baroque is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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