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    <body><![CDATA[Originally published almost forty years ago, this work has certainly lost none of its relevance for those seeking an understanding of the forces behind the downward trajectory of both western art and western culture over the course of the last three centuries or so. This assertion in itself might se...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71148101">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finishing rereading this book for my 11th grade Omnibus class and found it just as vital as it was the first time I read it in the 70's. Rookmaacher explains modern art to the common man. He really helps to put some things of our postmodern culture in historical perspective. A must read for a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70116767">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really good.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite book of all time because it flawlessly integrates two of my favorite things: Christian philosophy and art history.  It is an amazingly comprehensive review of philosophical developments in art leading up to and through the modern art movement.  Fascinating stuff.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent exploration of the development of modern art and the proper Christian response to it.]]></body>
    
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