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H.R. Rookmaaker

Book Review: Modern Art and the Life of a Culture

January 6, 2017 by Bob Trube Leave a Comment

Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Influences of Modernism, Jonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2016. Summary: A response to the classic work  Modern Art and the Death of a Culture by H. R. Rookmaaker, arguing that Rookmaaker was unnecessarily pessimistic in his assessment of modern art, overlooking the religious impulses that shaped much of modern art. … [Read more...] about Book Review: Modern Art and the Life of a Culture

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Andy Warhol, art, H.R. Rookmaaker, intervarsity press, Jonathan A. Anderson, Modern Art, Modern Art and the Life of a Culture, Studies in Theology and the Arts, William A. Dyrness

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