About This Book
According to most of the critical commentary on Francis Bacon, the paintings by this crucially important artist are about violence, torment, fragmentation and loss. However, Ernst van Alphen argues that it is the violence done to the viewer that needs to be addressed if we are to understand how thes...
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Reading Time Estimates
5h 24m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 53m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 47m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 58,300 wordsπ
8 days at 30 min/day
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3 h 53 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
4 h 19 min
at 1.5x narration speed
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6 h 29 min
Audio 2x
3 h 14 min
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- π 8 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π8 commutesΒ of 30 min each