What Art Is OnlineThis excerpt, on the amazon.com page for What Art Is, comprises the opening pages of the chapter--which deals with the first of Rand's four essays on the nature of art. It includes the sections entitled "The Purpose of Art," "Metaphysical Value-Judgments," "Rand's Definition of Art," "The Cognitive Function of Art," and "The Creative Process."
What Art Is Online is a supplement to What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand by Louis Torres and Michelle Marder Kamhi (2000). Copyright is held by the authors.