How Long to Read The Vexations of Art

How Long Does it Take to Read The Vexations of Art?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read The Vexations of Art by Svetlana Alpers

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

Description

"Alpers concentrates on the art of the seventeenth century, but also looks back and forward in time. She considers Velazquez as curator of the Spanish royal collection, which included many works by his admired predecessors Titian and Rubens. Velazquez also resembles Manet, and the affinity between the two painters is analyzed. Both worked in a tradition that assumed that there were persistent pictorial problems to take up. Inventive change was encouraged. Art such as this vexes or unsettles our view of the world even as it gives us reason to pause and look. The book concludes by asking whether painting continues to do that today." "This book reflects Alpers's close looking and long reflection upon a certain tradition of European painting. It illuminates the nature of what the most alert painters do, and why."--BOOK JACKET.

How long is The Vexations of Art?

The Vexations of Art by Svetlana Alpers is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Vexations of Art Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read The Vexations of Art aloud.

What Reading Level is The Vexations of Art?

The Vexations of Art 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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