What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand

by Louis Torres & Michelle Marder Kamhi

Open Court, 2000 (539 pages, incl. appendixes, notes, bibliography, index); Paperback, $21.95; Hardcover, $44.95 (list prices)

Aristos (An Online Review of the Arts) - Inaugurated 2003

The Book

Abstract
Table of Contents
Chapter Summaries
Introduction(excerpts)
Endorsements (Jacques Barzun and others)
Reviews / Responses

What Art Is Online

Articles, reviews, and commentary on topics discussed in What Art Is

Also of Interest

What Art Is BookNews (a one-page overview)
Critical Neglect of Ayn Rand's Theory of Art"
--from the Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Fall 2000)
"What 'Rand's Aesthetics' Is, and Why It Matters"
--from the Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Spring 2003)
"Scholarly Engagement: When It Is Pleasurable and When It Is Not"
--from the Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Fall 2003)
Authors' Public Speaking and Teaching
Recommended Links

Individuals of Note

Ayn Rand (philosopher-novelist)
José Manuel Capuletti (Spanish painter)
William Carter (dancer-choreographer) -- forthcoming
Beatrice Gilman Proske (sculpture historian)
Jack Schaefer (novelist/short-story writer)