I recently wrote a blog series on Leo Tolstoy’s essay “What is Art”. The blogs mainly dealt with Tolstoy’s critique of his contemporary art and the art of the upper-classes. … Continue reading My work on Tolstoy’s ‘What is Art’
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Leo Tolstoy and Upper-Class Art (part 3)
Tolstoy finds that the upper-classes, the art critics and most professional artists lack the ability of being “infected” by emotions through art. This happens because they have accustomed themselves to … Continue reading Leo Tolstoy and Upper-Class Art (part 3)
Leo Tolstoy and Upper-Class Art (part 2)
According to Tolstoy, art in the West used to be attached to religion and was universally understood since it expressed the relationship between human and god which is supposedly the … Continue reading Leo Tolstoy and Upper-Class Art (part 2)
Leo Tolstoy and Upper-Class Art (part 1)
Tolstoy believes that there are no possible objective definitions of art or good taste. In reality philosopher’s and artists define as beauty what pleases a certain portion of society. Tolstoy … Continue reading Leo Tolstoy and Upper-Class Art (part 1)
Leo Tolstoy and Art for Art’s Shake
Art for art’s sake? This is one of the questions that have been puzzling the modern world for a few centuries now. The answer cannot be untangled from the commercialisation … Continue reading Leo Tolstoy and Art for Art’s Shake
