Description: Further DetailsTitle: What is Art?Condition: NewEAN: 9781474265096ISBN: 9781474265096Publisher: Bloomsbury AcademicFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/25/2016Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 138mmItem Weight: 271gAuthor: Leo TolstoyLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 147426509XDescription: Leo Tolstoy is one of the most celebrated novelists of all time. As well as writing literary classics such as Anna Karenina and War and Peace he was also the author of some hugely influential critical and philosophical works. First published in 1898 his book length essay What is Art? has lost none of its power to challenge our perception of art and its function in society today. In this provocative work Tolstoy famously dismisses works by Shakespeare, Dante, Wagner and even many of his own works as 'bad art' based on various criteria including sincerity, ethics, morality and accessibility. Tolstoy took art seriously at a time when western civilization toyed with it as a mere pastime during the height of the Aestheticism movement. For him, art was natural and necessary to the advancement of humankind.In his introduction to this translation, W. Gareth Jones shows how vitally Tolstoy's personality and experiences in life were engaged in creating What is Art?. Jones shows how integral the essay was to his art and teaching, and why it continues to demand a response from us.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Arts & PhotographyBook Series: Bloomsbury RevelationsTopic: Literary CriticismRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: What is Art?
Title: What is Art?
EAN: 9781474265096
ISBN: 9781474265096
Release Date: 02/25/2016
Release Year: 2016
ISBN-10: 147426509X
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Arts & Photography
Topic: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Name: What Is Art?
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Criticism & Theory, General, European / Eastern (See Also Russian & Former Soviet Union)
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Art
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Item Length: 8.4 in
Item Width: 5.6 in
Series: Bloomsbury Revelations Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
