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How long does it take to read Drawing in Early Renaissance Italy?

Francis Ames-Lewis

Drawing in Early Renaissance Italy by Francis Ames-Lewis takes about 3 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 36 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1981. 196 pages, about 53,900 words.

8 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 59 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 36 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 15 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"The book opens with a brief history of earlier drawings and a discussion of the various artistic problems which drawings could help to resolve. Through the works of the major fifteenth-century draughtsmen - Pisanello, Jacopo Bellini, Pollaiuolo, Ghirlandaio, Carpaccio and Leonardo da Vinci - Francis Ames-Lewis then explores new types of drawing evolved during the century: the free sketch contrasting with the frozen control of the model-book, the exploratory study of the nude, the preparatory compositional sketch and the cartoon. He considers the problems and possibilities of different techniques and investigates studio practice and the relation of the drawing to the final work of art." "This incisive introduction to the subject of early Renaissance drawings throws fresh light on one of the great centuries of Italian art, and by reflection illuminates further the activities of the masters of the High Renaissance."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects: Drawing, Italian, Renaissance Drawing, Drawing, Renaissance, Italian Drawing, Art, renaissance, Dessin italien

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