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Aristos: A Journal on the Arts
Aristos is an independent journal advocating objective standards in arts scholarship and criticism. They champion, in the art of our time, the concern with fundamental human values and craftsmanship that characterizes the art of the past. Critical of both modernism and postmodernism, they vigorously oppose "abstract art," among other forms, and the increasingly bizarre and meaningless work promoted in the name of art in the twentieth century.
The editorial viewpoint of Aristos is broadly informed by Objectivism--the philosophy originated by Ayn Rand (author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged)--in particular, by the principles of art she outlined in the first four essays of The Romantic Manifesto. Like Rand, they use the term art to include not only the traditional "fine arts"--painting, sculpture, literature, music, and dance--but also film.
Aristos is not aligned with any Objectivist organization. Nor do they uncritically accept all of Rand's ideas. Their aim is to present well-reasoned commentary on the arts, and the philosophy of art, for a broad audience of general readers, as well as scholars.
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