How Long to Read The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai

How Long Does it Take to Read The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 46 minutes to read The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai by Mary Stieber

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

Description

Some of the loveliest works of Archaic art were the Athenian korai—sculptures of beautiful young women presenting offerings to the goddess Athena that stood on the Acropolis. Sculpted in the sixth and early fifth centuries B.C., they served as votives until Persians sacked the citadel in 480/79 B.C. Subsequently, they were buried as a group and forgotten for nearly twenty-four centuries, until archaeologists excavated them in the 1880s. Today, they are among the treasures of the Acropolis Museum. Mary Stieber takes a fresh look at the Attic korai in this book. Challenging the longstanding view that the sculptures are generic female images, she persuasively argues that they are instead highly individualized, mimetically realistic representations of Archaic young women, perhaps even portraits of real people. Marshalling a wide array of visual and literary evidence to support her claims, she shows that while the korai lack the naturalism that characterizes later Classical art, they display a wealth and realism of detail that makes it impossible to view them as generic, idealized images. This iconoclastic interpretation of the Attic korai adds a new dimension to our understanding of Archaic art and to the distinction between realism and naturalism in the art of all periods.

How long is The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai?

The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai by Mary Stieber is 278 pages long, and a total of 71,724 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 31 minutes to read The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai aloud.

What Reading Level is The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai?

The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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