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It takes the average reader 8 hours and 38 minutes to read Whitewash and the New Aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation by Victoria George

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Description

This book is a reconsideration of the practice of whitewashing church interiors during the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is the first detailed study of its kind which challenges the view that whitewash was always only a 'cheap coat of paint'. Victoria George pulls together several histories: of the colour white from the biblical period to the present, and ideas about the colour white in philosophy, theology, art, and architecture from antiquity to the present. She links them to case studies of the ways in which reformers Huldrych Zwingli and John Calvin thought about colour in a careful analysis of the role of colour-thinking in their theological writings. The social meanings embodied in the word, 'whitewash' as it entered the printed media in the 17th century is explored as part of a chapter on the history of whitewashing itself. The long-term symbolic and aesthetic implications of the practice of whitewashing are examined in the larger context of material culture; in terms of their value as a metaphor, for both the Reformed Protestant and the Catholic in opposition to them; and for the uses to which whitewash has been put over time. George proposes that the practice was not only visually transformative but held importance for religious aesthetics as an agent of change, and for an aesthetics of minimalism generally, especially evident in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Victoria George received an MFA from the Royal College of Art (London), an MA from The Architectural Association, and a Ph.D. from Cambridge. She has taught religion and the arts at the University of Richmond in Virginia.

How long is Whitewash and the New Aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation?

Whitewash and the New Aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation by Victoria George is 506 pages long, and a total of 129,536 words.

This makes it 171% the length of the average book. It also has 158% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Whitewash and the New Aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 47 minutes to read Whitewash and the New Aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation aloud.

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Whitewash and the New Aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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