It takes the average reader 3 hours and 29 minutes to read Vermeer & the Art of Painting by Arthur K. Wheelock
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This book examines the creative process and technical means by which the great Dutch seventeenth-century painter achieved his remarkable pictorial effects. Arthur Wheelock begins by placing Vermeer's art in historical perspective, with emphasis on the artistic environment in his home city of Delft and the importance of history painting in the mid-1600s. He then closely examines seventeen of the thirty-six extant paintings in Vermeer's oeuvre, works that span the range of the artist's career. Using the results of x-rays, pigment analysis, and infrared reflectography, some of the secrets of...
Vermeer & the Art of Painting by Arthur K. Wheelock is 205 pages long, and a total of 52,275 words.
This makes it 69% the length of the average book. It also has 64% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 45 minutes to read Vermeer & the Art of Painting aloud.
Vermeer & the Art of Painting is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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