How Long to Read The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam

How Long Does it Take to Read The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 14 minutes to read The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam by Angela Vanhaelen

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

Description

This book opens a window onto a fascinating and understudied aspect of the visual, material, intellectual, and cultural history of seventeenth-century Amsterdam: the role played by its inns and taverns, specifically the doolhoven. Doolhoven were a type of labyrinth unique to early modern Amsterdam. Offering guest lodgings, these licensed public houses also housed remarkable displays of artwork in their gardens and galleries. The main attractions were inventive displays of moving mechanical figures (automata) and a famed set of waxwork portraits of the rulers of Protestant Europe. Publicized as the most innovative artworks on display in Amsterdam, the doolhoven exhibits presented the mercantile city as a global center of artistic and technological advancement. This evocative tour through the doolhoven pub gardens—where drinking, entertainment, and the acquisition of knowledge mingled in encounters with lively displays of animated artifacts—shows that the exhibits had a forceful and transformative impact on visitors, one that moved them toward Protestant reform. Deeply researched and decidedly original, The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam uncovers a wealth of information about these nearly forgotten public pleasure parks, situating them within popular culture, religious controversies, global trade relations, and intellectual debates of the seventeenth century. It will appeal in particular to scholars in art history and early modern studies.

How long is The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam?

The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam by Angela Vanhaelen is 485 pages long, and a total of 123,675 words.

This makes it 164% the length of the average book. It also has 151% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 15 minutes to read The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam aloud.

What Reading Level is The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam?

The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam 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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