Modern Art and the Death of a Culture

by H. R. Rookmaaker

Publishers:

Crossway; Apollos

, 1994

Overview

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.

Key Features

• Addresses a pressing issue in Christian philosophical and practical apologetics
• Features a top apologist in his speaking from his expertise
• Argues for and supports a worldview grounded in the authority of the Bible

Contents

• The message in the medium
• The roots of contemporary culture
• The first step to modern art
• The second step to modern art
• The last steps to modern art
• Into the new era
• Modern art and the twentieth-century revolt
• Protest, revolution and the Christian response
• Faith and art

Product Details

• Title: Modern Art and the Death of a Culture
• Author: H. R. Rookmaaker
• Publishers: Crossway, Apollos
• Print Publication Date: 1994
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 256
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Art, Modern › 20th century--History; Art › Philosophy; Art and society
• ISBNs: 9780891077992, 9780851111421, 0891077995, 0851111424
• Resource ID: LLS:MDRNRTDTHCLTR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:29:30Z

About H. R. Rookmaaker

Henderik Roelof “Hans” Rookmaaker (February 27, 1922-March 13, 1977) was a Dutch Christian scholar, professor, and author who wrote and lectured on art theory, art history, music, philosophy, and religion. In 1948 he met Christian theologian Francis Schaeffer and became a member of L’Abri in Switzerland. Hans and his wife Anky opened a Dutch branch of L’Abri in 1971.