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Title: ART IN ACTION
TOWARDS A CHRISTIAN AESTHETIC
By: Nicholas P. Wolterstorff
Format: Paperback

List price: £20.99


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ISBN 10: 0802818161
ISBN 13: 9780802818164
Publisher: WILLIAM B EERDMANS PUBLISHING CO
Pages: 252
Description: A snowman helps out his town on Christmas Eve.
Synopsis: Taking vigorous issue with the pervasive Western notion that the arts exist essentially for the purpose of aesthetic contemplation, Nicholas Wolterstorff proposes instead what he sees as an authentically Christian perspective: that art has a legitimate, even necessary, place in everyday life. While granting that galleries, theaters and concert halls serve a valid purpose, Wolterstorff argues that art should also be appreciated in action -- in private homes, in hotel lobbies, in factories and grocery stores, on main street. His conviction that art should be multifunction is basic to the author's views on art in the city (he regards most American cities as dehumanizing wastelands of aesthetic squalor, dominated by the demands of the automobile), and leads him to a helpful discussion of its role in worship and the church. Developing an aesthetic that is basically grounded, yet always sensitive to the human need for beauty, Wolterstorff make a brilliant contribution to understanding how art can serve to broaden and enrich our lives.
Illustrations: black & white illustrations
Publication: US
Imprint: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Returns: Non-returnable
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