State of the Arts: From Bezalel to Mapplethorpe: 13 (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series, 13) - Softcover

Veith Jr., Gene Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0891076085 ISBN 13: 9780891076087

Publisher: Crossway, 1991

Synopsis

We cannot escape the arts. They permeate our lives and our culture―the décor, architecture, music, entertainment, everyday utensils. The imagination of this age, its ideas and concerns, percolate throughout the culture via the arts. These ideas affect us for good or for evil. The choice is not whether to live with art; we must choose whether to live with good art or bad art. Art―like all things human―needs to be redeemed. Christians cannot abandon the arts to the secular world, but can use them to display God's glory. This book will help us develop an informed artistic taste, open yet critical, discerning yet appreciative of what is truly excellent.

About this title

About the Authors

Gene Edward Veith (PhD, University of Kansas) is provost and professor of literature emeritus at Patrick Henry College. He previously worked as the culture editor of World magazine. Veith and his wife, Jackquelyn, have three grown children and seven grandchildren.

Marvin Olasky (PhD, University of Michigan) is a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute and an Acton Institute affiliate scholar. He is the author of twenty-eight books, including The Tragedy of American Compassion and Lament for a Father. From 1983 through 2021 he was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and the editor in chief of WORLD. He and his wife, Susan, have four sons.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crossway
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0891076085
• ISBN 13: 9780891076087
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256