How Long to Read The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist

How Long Does it Take to Read The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 40 minutes to read The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist by Francis Ames-Lewis

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Description

At the beginning of the fifteenth century, painters and sculptors were seldom regarded as more than artisans and craftsmen, but within little more than a hundred years they had risen to the status of "artist." This book explores how early Renaissance artists gained recognition for the intellectual foundations of their activities and achieved artistic autonomy from enlightened patrons. A leading authority on Renaissance art, Francis Ames-Lewis traces the ways in which the social and intellectual concerns of painters and sculptors brought about the acceptance of their work as a liberal art, alongside other arts like poetry. He charts the development of the idea of the artist as a creative genius with a distinct identity and individuality. Ames-Lewis examines the various ways that Renaissance artists like Mantegna, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Dürer, as well as many other less well known painters and sculptors, pressed for intellectual independence. By writing treatises, biographies, poetry, and other literary works, by seeking contacts with humanists and literary men, and by investigating the arts of the classical past, Renaissance artists honed their social graces and broadened their intellectual horizons. They also experienced a growing creative confidence and self-awareness that was expressed in novel self-portraits, works created solely to demonstrate pictorial skills, and monuments to commemorate themselves after death.

How long is The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist?

The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist by Francis Ames-Lewis is 340 pages long, and a total of 85,000 words.

This makes it 115% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 44 minutes to read The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist aloud.

What Reading Level is The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist?

The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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