How Long to Read Value in Art

How Long Does it Take to Read Value in Art?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 42 minutes to read Value in Art by Henry M. Sayre

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

Description

"How did art critics come to speak of light and dark as, respectively, "high in value" and "low in value." In this book, Henry Sayre traces the origins of this usage in one of art history's most famous and racially charged paintings, Manet's Olympia. Masterfully researched and argued, this bold study reveals the extraordinary weight of history and politics that Manet's painting bears, and the presence of slavery at modernism's roots. Sayre shows that it was Émile Zola who introduced a new "law of values" to art criticism in an 1867 essay on Manet. Unpacking the intricate contexts of Zola's essay and of several related paintings of Manet, Sayre argues that Zola's use of the economic metaphor of "value" was doubly coded. On the one hand, it was a feint that deflected attention away from Olympia's actual subject and toward the painting's formal qualities. On the other, Sayre argues, "value" for Zola was a trope for the political economy of slavery and the Second Empire's complicity in the ongoing slave trade in the Americas. Value in Art is a surprising and necessary intervention in our understanding of modern art's emergence in relation to issues of race"--

How long is Value in Art?

Value in Art by Henry M. Sayre is 276 pages long, and a total of 70,656 words.

This makes it 93% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Value in Art Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 26 minutes to read Value in Art aloud.

What Reading Level is Value in Art?

Value in Art is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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