Art, Artists and Gauguin
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Why is the publication of these writings so important? What doesRookmaakers legacy have to offer us in the new millennium?First, his books and essays stand as a monument to the importance ofrigorous Christian art-historical scholarship. For many years Professor ofArt History at the Free University of Amsterdam, Rookmaaker was afastidious scholar. Today, when a postmodern fascination with all thingsaesthetic and spiritual can easily engender scholarly carelessness andan ignorance of specific artworks, Roomaaker reminds us that Christiancommitment must never be used to avoid the kind of precise,intellectual engagement which is so evident in his written words, apainstaking attentiveness to the details of particular pieces of art, and tothe particularities of society and culture in which they are embedded.Second, we are reminded of the importance of breadth as well as depth.Rookmaakers interests ranged far beyond the visual arts. He had afascinated interest, for instance, in music (especially the spiritualsand jazz), and in broader cultural concerns (youth culture, scientificdiscovery, and much more). In an age of increasing specialization andblinkered vision, Rookmaaker shows us that it is quite possible to be aspecialist and to be alert to the links between these specialisms andmuch wider issues. Third, Rookmaaker sets the arts in the midst of a richand full-blooded Christian world view. For him it was not good enoughto claim that the arts are important for the Christian, and then justifythis with a few verses carelessly plucked from Scripture. We need todemonstrate carefully what place the arts have in the grand and sweepingpurposes of God for history, and it was to Rookmaakers immensecredit that for thousands he made this breathtakingly clear. In a climatewhen the contribution of a distinctively Christian perspective on the artsis so often ruthlessly marginalized, often to the point of extinction,Rookmaakers voice is one we sorely need to hear. Fourth, nouri
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Why is the publication of these writings so important? What doesRookmaakers legacy have to offer us in the new millennium?First, his books and essays stand as a monument to the importance ofrigorous Christian art-historical scholarship. For many years Professor ofArt History at the Free University of Amsterdam, Rookmaaker was afastidious scholar. Today, when a postmodern fascination with all thingsaesthetic and spiritual can easily engender scholarly carelessness andan ignorance of specific artworks, Roomaaker reminds us that Christiancommitment must never be used to avoid the kind of precise,intellectual engagement which is so evident in his written words, apainstaking attentiveness to the details of particular pieces of art, and tothe particularities of society and culture in which they are embedded.Second, we are reminded of the importance of breadth as well as depth.Rookmaakers interests ranged far beyond the visual arts. He had afascinated interest, for instance, in music (especially the spiritualsand jazz), and in broader cultural concerns (youth culture, scientificdiscovery, and much more). In an age of increasing specialization andblinkered vision, Rookmaaker shows us that it is quite possible to be aspecialist and to be alert to the links between these specialisms andmuch wider issues. Third, Rookmaaker sets the arts in the midst of a richand full-blooded Christian world view. For him it was not good enoughto claim that the arts are important for the Christian, and then justifythis with a few verses carelessly plucked from Scripture. We need todemonstrate carefully what place the arts have in the grand and sweepingpurposes of God for history, and it was to Rookmaakers immensecredit that for thousands he made this breathtakingly clear. In a climatewhen the contribution of a distinctively Christian perspective on the artsis so often ruthlessly marginalized, often to the point of extinction,Rookmaakers voice is one we sorely need to hear. Fourth, nouri
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| Selo | Piquant Editions |
|---|---|
| Edição | 0 |
| Idioma | Inglês |
| Autores | Não informado |
| Acabamento | Capa Comum |
| Quantidade de Páginas | 476 |
| Origem | Literatura Estrangeira |
