How Long to Read What Painting Is

How Long Does it Take to Read What Painting Is?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 48 minutes to read What Painting Is by James Elkins

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

Description

Unlike many books on painting that usually talk about art or painters, James Elkins’ compelling and original work focuses on alchemy, for like the alchemist, the painter seeks to transform and be transformed by the medium. In What Painting Is, James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art history. Alchemy provides a magical language to explore what it is a painter really does in her or his studio - the smells, the mess, the struggle to control the uncontrollable, the special knowledge only painters hold of how colours will mix, and how they will...

How long is What Painting Is?

What Painting Is by James Elkins is 284 pages long, and a total of 72,136 words.

This makes it 96% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read What Painting Is Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 34 minutes to read What Painting Is aloud.

What Reading Level is What Painting Is?

What Painting Is 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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