Modern Art and the Death of a Culture - Hardcover

Rookmaaker, H. R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 085110617X ISBN 13: 9780851106175

Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press, 1970

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 085110617X
• ISBN 13: 9780851106175
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256