+Forbes Watson+, _Editor_
+William Robb+, _Manager_
+Lloyd Goodrich+, _Associate Editor_
+Virgil Barker+, _European Editor_
+The Arts+ is not exclusively a magazine of modern art or exclusively
a magazine of the art of the past. It is solely a magazine of art,
whenever or wherever produced.
Its text is intelligent, stimulating and readable, and the essays which
appear in its pages are permanent contributions to the literature of
art. In selecting its writers +The Arts+ endeavors to secure those who
are authorities on their particular subjects but are also capable of
writing freshly and directly about them—who are not so engrossed by
the historical and archæological side of art as to forget its supreme
æsthetic importance.
In its essays on the art of the past +The Arts+ does not confine
itself within the conventional limits of the European tradition, but
recognizes in the art of the Orient, of Africa, or of aboriginal
America the same qualities which exist in the art of the West.
In its treatment of contemporary art, +The Arts+ attempts to present
the work of the most vital artists of the present day, whether radical
or conservative, the emphasis being placed not on the particular group
or faction to which the artist may belong, but upon the work itself.
Realizing that one of the most important functions of a magazine is the
discovery of new talent, +The Arts+ has always opened its pages to the
work of the most promising of the younger artists. Its policy is not to
wait until an artist has achieved success, but to be ahead of the crowd
in affording recognition to the talented men of the future.
Its regular departments, such as reviews of current exhibitions
and new art books, keep its readers informed of the significant
developments in the world of art. Although the bulk of its articles
are devoted to painting, sculpture, architecture and the decorative
arts, +The Arts+ from time to time publishes essays in the fields of
music, drama or literature which it knows will be of interest to its
readers—particularly on the subjects of stage design and the art of the
films.
The written word, however, cannot convey all of the significance of a
work of art. For that reason it has been the policy of the magazine to
make of each issue a series of illustrations which no artist or art
lover can afford to be without. Every number of +The Arts+ contains
fifty to sixty excellently printed reproductions of important works of
art of the past or the present.
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Transcriber’s Notes:
• Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_).
• Text enclosed by pluses is in small caps (+small caps+).
• Blank pages have been removed.
• Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected.
• Errata have been applied.
• The name Michel Angelo has been corrected to Michelangelo
• The painting _A Village Wedding_ is referred to as _Village
Marriage_ in the NOTES.