How Long to Read The Lives of Paintings
By Elsje van Kessel
How Long Does it Take to Read The Lives of Paintings?
It takes the average reader 5 hours and 59 minutes to read The Lives of Paintings by Elsje van Kessel
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Description
In sixteenth-century Venice, paintings were often treated as living beings. As this book shows, paintings attended dinner parties, healed the sick, made money, and became involved in love affairs. Presenting a range of case studies, Elsje van Kessel offers a detailed examination of the agency paintings and other two-dimensional images could exert. This lifelike agency is not only connected to the seemingly naturalistic style of these images – works by Titian, Giorgione and their contemporaries, illustrated here in over 150 plates. It is also brought in relation to their social-historical contexts, meticulously unravelled through archival research. Grounded in the theoretical literature on the agency of material things, The Lives of Paintings contributes to Venetian studies as well as engaging with wider debates on the attribution of life and presence to images and objects.
How long is The Lives of Paintings?
The Lives of Paintings by Elsje van Kessel is 348 pages long, and a total of 89,784 words.
This makes it 117% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.
How Long Does it Take to Read The Lives of Paintings Aloud?
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 10 minutes to read The Lives of Paintings aloud.
What Reading Level is The Lives of Paintings?
The Lives of Paintings 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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