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Sacred Spring: God and the Birth of Modernism in Fin de SiScle Vienna

Sacred Spring: God and the Birth of Modernism in Fin de SiScle Vienna

Whalen, Robert Weldon

Paperback

Bible StudiesGeneral ArtGeneral Christianity

Publisher Price: $35.99

ISBN10: 0802871356
ISBN13: 9780802871350
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: Mar 19 2007
Pages: 349
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The culture of fin de siècle Vienna continues to fascinate and has been examined at length. There are indeed massive studies of Freud, Mahler, Loos, Klimt, and many other notables from that era. But these studies often ignore the religious dimension of Viennese modernist culture, implying -- if not arguing outright -- that modernism and religion are contrary, even hostile, categories.

Taking a different tack, Robert Weldon Whalen in Sacred Spring documents the important thesis that Viennese modernism, far from being secular, was in fact a deeply religious movement. In vivid language Whalen examines this era of being torn apart and rising again, describing those Viennese who were on the cutting edge of modern art and thought. Though the book focuses on avant-garde art, it also connects materials from journalism, popular culture, and contemporary politics in fascinating ways.

Students of modernism, the arts, and European cultural history will find that Sacred Spring offers an intriguing, compelling perspective on their subjects. Featuring a beautifully written narrative, the book will also appeal to readers interested in the intersection of culture and faith, in the connection between the arts and the sacred.

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