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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 ...
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.
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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 ...
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 ...
In the opinion of art historian Galina Elshevskaya, the alterations evident in the two subsequent versions may have been prompted by the influence of Leo Tolstoy: "if in the first version of the painting the saint draws the executioner's sword, so to speak, purely physically, then in the last two versions the artist's favourite theme of the ...
When it comes to luxury, wealth, art, (and excess), Art Basel Miami tends to check all the boxes. The rich flock to South Florida for the annual year-end art fair that goes through this weekend ...
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.