Evangelical fundamentalists: more concerned about the end of the world than creating* beauty in this one.
Wrong term. “Revivalists” beholding to “revivalism” is what did it. A fundamentalist denotes adherence to doctrinal orthodoxy.
A good example of this is an adherent to fundamental (Salafist) Islam. They are not radical by any means. They are fundamentalist.
It came out of france and Europe which is why all their modern buildings look like cheap crap.
“Evangelical fundamentalists: more concerned about the end of the world than creating* beauty in this one.”
I think that is right. It was absolutely the case that the Cromwell forces in England destroyed any art or decoration even in Anglican churches.
Also banned theatre. And the celebration of Christmas, Easter etc. and any displays or decorations. Banned Christmas Carols.
Banned music in churches.
There was just a real Taliban element with Cromwell and the Puritans in their attempts to impose a Revolutionary Society, in a total break with the cultural norms and folk ways of the people.
Just what I would expect from you….
1 John 2:15
That would make everything south of the American border beautiful, 6,000 miles of beautiful compared to ugly America and Canada.
Edith and Francis Schaeffer considered themselves fundamentalist and worked at restoring a Christian view of art. I think this was in part driven by their friendship with Hans Rookmaaker.