How long does it take to read Gardner's Art Through the Ages?
A Concise History
Fred S. Kleiner, Helen Gardner
Gardner's Art Through the Ages by Fred S. Kleiner, Helen Gardner takes about 10 hours 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 53 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1970. 594 pages, about 163,350 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Award-winning scholar-professor Fred Kleiner continues to set the standard for art history textbooks, combining impeccable scholarship with an engaging approach that discusses the most significant artworks and monuments in their full historical and cultural contexts. The most widely read and respected history of art and architecture in the English language for over 85 years, the 15th edition of GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: BACKPACK EDITION, BOOK D: RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE includes nearly 200 new images, new pedagogical box features, images that have been upgraded for clarity and color-fidelity, and more. Over 40 reviewers contributed to the accuracy and readability of this edition. GARDNER'S has built its stellar reputation on up-to-date and extensive scholarship, reproductions of unsurpassed quality, the consistent voice of a single storyteller, and more online resources and help for students and instructors than any other art survey text. A highly comprehensive array of digital resources brings course content to life, providing students with the tools they need to excel. MindTap for GARDNER'S provides an interactive digital experience for exploration, study, and development of critical-thinking skills, with an interactive eBook; zoomable versions of images from the text; nearly 300 videos; audio resources; image flashcards; quizzes and critical-thinking questions; and much more. Highly customizable, MindTap allows instructors to easily add their own images, videos, links, articles, activities, and quizzes. Available assets for instructors include a Digital Image Library with zoom capability, pre-made chapter lecture slide decks, and Google Earth coordinates for every artwork in the text.
Subjects: Art, History, study, Art, study and teaching, Art, history
