How Long to Read The Infinite Image

How Long Does it Take to Read The Infinite Image?

It takes the average reader to read The Infinite Image by Zainab Bahrani

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Description

In the ancient civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean, images were used as a way to create reality and reach out to the infinite. Reviving the fascination that gripped the avant-garde and the surrealists when confronted with the arts of the ancient Near East, The Infinite Image presents a radical new reading of Mesopotamian art as an aesthetic realm defined by objects that transcend time in order to carry traces of the past into the present. Zainab Bahrani's book opens in the early twentieth century, when artists and intellectuals like Alberto Giacometti, Henry Moore, and Georges Bataille were captivated by the ancient sculptures they encountered in European museums--before the question of the aesthetic in ancient art was rejected by rationalist scientific archaeology later in the century. She then travels back through the writings of Derrida, Hegel, Kant, and Plato to Mesopotamia, using these thinkers to argue that ancient images formed an aesthetic dimension that was both historical and evolving. She also addresses issues of the politics of cultural heritage important to Near Eastern art in the context of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and current instabilities in the Middle East. With over one hundred illustrations, The Infinite Image will be necessary reading for anyone interested in the questions at the center of contemporary history and the anthropology of art.

How long is The Infinite Image?

The Infinite Image by Zainab Bahrani is 0 pages long, and a total of 0 words.

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How Long Does it Take to Read The Infinite Image Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes to read The Infinite Image aloud.

What Reading Level is The Infinite Image?

The Infinite Image is suitable for students ages 2 and up.

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