What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand
"A fascinating critique of the muddled thinking of most modern artists and critics, and of the work those artists produce..."  --Reason"A rich, opinionated melange . . . full of notes, asides, and second thoughts."--Roger Kimball, Managing Editor, The New Criterion--The Public Interest"At last I have found enough uninterrupted time to readWhat Art Isfrom end to end, and I report my enthusiastic appreciation and enjoyment. You have done a splendid piece of work--research, reflection, and writing are worthy of all praise. . . . Your scholarly treatment of modern art, your Appendices, your Notes are full of facts, comparisons and judgments that come to grips suggestively with the elusive double topic, Art and the arts. . . . My hearty congratulations on an admirable book."  --Jacques Barzun, Cultural Historian, author of From Dawn to Decadence"I am not sure that I have ever reviewed a book from which I have learned so much."--Lester Hunt, Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison--Journal of Ayn Rand Studies"Well-documented, a major addition to Rand scholarship, and a humorous debunking of twentieth-century art . . . and art theory."--Richard E. Palmer, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, MacMurray College--Choice (Current Reviews for Academic Libraries)