How long does it take to read The Shape of Content?
Ben Shahn
The Shape of Content by Ben Shahn takes about 2 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1957. 141 pages, about 38,775 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The artist's Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard University, 1956-1957
Subjects: Art, Art criticism, Themes, motives
