How long does it take to read Reading Images?
Gunther Kress, Teho Van Leeuwen
Reading Images by Gunther Kress, Teho Van Leeuwen takes about 5 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 43 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1990. 312 pages, about 85,800 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Reading Images focuses on the structures or 'grammar' of visual design - colour, perspective, framing and composition - and provides the reader with an invaluable 'tool-kit' for reading images, which makes it a must for anyone interested in communication, the media and the arts."--Jacket.
Subjects: Cognition & cognitive psychology, Sociolinguistics, Design, Communication, Mass media, Communication in design