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  2. What Is Art? - Wikipedia

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    Tolstoy cites the time, effort, public funds, and public respect spent on art and artists [2] as well as the imprecision of general opinions on art [3] as reason for writing the book. In his words, "it is difficult to say what is meant by art, and especially what is good, useful art, art for the sake of which we might condone such sacrifices as ...

  3. Fyodor Tolstoy (artist) - Wikipedia

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    Count Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy (Russian: Фёдор Петро́вич Толстой; 21 February 1783 – 25 April 1873) was a Russian artist who served as Vice-President of the Imperial Academy of Arts for forty years (1828–1868). His works – wax-reliefs, watercolours, medallions, and silhouettes – are distinguished by a cool ...

  4. Leo Tolstoy - Wikipedia

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    The 19th-century British poet and critic Matthew Arnold opined that "A novel by Tolstoy is not a work of art but a piece of life." [2] Isaac Babel said that "if the world could write by itself, it would write like Tolstoy." [2] Later novelists continued to appreciate Tolstoy's art, but sometimes also expressed criticism.

  5. The Fruits of Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    The show was a success and premiered in Moscow's Maly Theatre in December 1891. Tolstoy attended Maly Theatre production in January 1892 and left dissatisfied with the artists' rendition of the three peasants. [4] The play has remained in Russian and Soviet theatre repertory ever since.

  6. Leo Tolstoy bibliography - Wikipedia

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    Leo Tolstoy Archive, at RevoltLib.com; Leo Tolstoy Archive, at Marxists.org; Leo Tolstoy Archive, at TheAnarchistLibrary.org; Works by Leo Tolstoy bibliography in eBook form at Standard Ebooks; A comprehensive anthology of Tolstoy's short fiction at Standard Ebooks; Online Books Page — free, public-domain books and articles by Tolstoy ...

  7. Sevastopol Sketches - Wikipedia

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    The Sevastopol Sketches (pre-reform Russian: Севастопольскіе разсказы, romanized: Sevastópolʹskiye razskázy; post-reform Russian: Севастопольские рассказы, romanized: Sevastópolʹskiye rasskázy), translated into English as Sebastopol Sketches or Sebastopol Stories or Sevastopol, [1] are three short stories by Leo Tolstoy published in 1855 to ...

  8. Vladimir Chertkov - Wikipedia

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    Chertkov was born in 1854 in St. Petersburg, Russia into a wealthy and aristocratic family.His mother (to whom he felt especially close), Elizaveta Ivanovna, born Countess Chernysheva-Kruglikova, was known among her circle in St. Petersburg society for her beauty, intellect, authoritativeness and tact.

  9. Theory of art - Wikipedia

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    To some extent, the value of art, for Tolstoy, is one with the value of empathy. However, sometimes empathy is not of value. In chapter fifteen of What Is Art?, Tolstoy says that some feelings are good, but others are bad, and so art is only valuable when it generates empathy or shared feeling for good feelings. For example, Tolstoy asserts ...