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It was in a Nazi prison camp during World War II that 22-year-old Hans Rookmaaker read the Bible and became a Christian. It was there too he received his first instruction in the Neo-Calvinist philosophy of Dooyeweerd by an older fellow prisoner, J.P.A. Mekkes. And it was there the young Rookmaaker started writing his Sketch for an Aesthetic Theory based on the Philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea. The philosophical writings brought together in t...

Rookmaaker's analysis of modern art offers an insightful perspective on the cultural turmoil of the past century and its subsequent impact on today's world. Modern Art and the Death of a Culture, Art and the Public Today.

God's Hand in HistoryInterviews and the L'Abri lecturesHans Rookmaaker: An Open Life, by Laurel GasqueThis volume attempts to capture the person behind the writings and lectures

Rookmaaker's expert knowledge leads the way to an appreciation of the beauty and artistic eloquence of many a work of art as he guides the reader into an understanding of its content and meaning, and of its place in Western history.

Art and Entertainment, The Creative Gift, Articles on history, faith and culture, lifestyle, scholarship, and the Westminster discussions

Why is the publication of these writings so important? What doesRookmaaker's 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 things'aesthetic' and 'spiritual' can easily engend...

Op zoek naar handvatten om de veertigdagentijd te vieren? Probeer het dan eens niet alleen met woorden, maar ook met beelden. In dit boek vind je voor elke dag een prachtig kunstwerk en een tekst die het beschrijft en zoekt naar de betekenis. Verder vind je wekelijks een handleiding voor een groepsgesprek over een kunstwerk. Jezus voor ogen brengt vooral hedendaagse kunstwerken uit binnen- en buitenland voor het voetlicht, naast ook oudere wer...