Modern Art and the Death of a Culture

H.R. Rookmaaker

ISBN 10: 0891077995 / ISBN 13: 9780891077992

Published by Crossway Books / Apollos, Wheaton, Illinois, USA / Leicester, England, 1994

About this Item

The book is a hardcover with minor visible wear and creasing on the dust jacket. The binding is intact, and there are no inscriptions or library markings. Overall, it is in good condition for reading and collection purposes.

Seller Inventory # A17-B8-CIZ-0367

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modern Art and the Death of a Culture
• Publisher: Crossway Books / Apollos, Wheaton, Illinois, USA / Leicester, England
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0891077995
• ISBN 13: 9780891077992
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Crossway printing, 1994.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: visible wear, some creasing

About this title

Synopsis

This disturbing but illuminating classic is a brilliant perspective on the cultural turmoil of the radical sixties and its impact on today's world, especially as reflected in the art of the time. Rookmaaker's enduring analysis looks at modern art in a broad historical, social, and philosophical context, laying bare the despair and nihilism that pervade our era. He also shows the role Christian artists can play in proclaiming truth through their work.

Rookmaaker's brilliant articulation of faith and scholarship is insightful and inspiring. The book moves freely and with a sense of urgency between the worlds of high culture, popular art and music, and Christian faith.

This reissue makes his foundational work available to a new generation.

About the Author

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 critic.

Former Chair of Art History, Free University of Amsterdam; author, Modern Art and the Death of a Culture