Modern Art and The Death of a Culture by H R Rookmaaker

Modern Art and The Death of a Culture by H R Rookmaaker

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This is a perspective on the cultural turmoil of the radical sixties and its impact on today's world, as reflected in the art of the time. It describes the social, historical and philosophical context of modern art and culture from a Christian perspective, including material on Western European art from the Renaissance onward.

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Modern Art and The Death of a Culture by H R Rookmaaker

This groundbreaking classic, now reissued, gives a brilliant perspective on the cultural turmoil of the radical sixties and its impact on today's world, as reflected in the art of the time. It describes the social, historical and philosophical context of modern art and culture from a Christian perspective, including much valuable material on Western European art from the Renaissance onward. A respected jazz critic as well as Professor of Art History at the Free University of Amsterdam, Rookmaaker moves freely between the worlds of high culture, popular art and music and Christian faith.
H.R.ROOKMAAKER (1922-1977) grew up in the Dutch East Indies. As a young man in wartime Holland, he was interned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets and became a Christian during that time. In 1948 a lifelong friendship with Francis Schaeffer began. In 1959 Rookmaaker published his doctoral thesis on the artist Gauguin, and in 1965 he was invited to the Chair of Art History at the Free University of Amsterdam. Rookmaaker was also highly respected as a jazz criti
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ISBN 13 9780851111421
ISBN 10 0851111424
Title Modern Art and The Death of a Culture
Author H R Rookmaaker
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Inter-Varsity Press
Year published 1994-09-16
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.