What Is Art?
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What Is Art?
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What Is Art? is a book by Leo Tolstoy. It was completed in Russian in 1897 but first published in English in 1898 due to difficulties with the Russian censors. Tolstoy cites the time, effort, public funds, and public respect spent on art and artists as well as the imprecision of general opinions on art 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 a
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Book by Leo Tolstoy
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2004-04-13T05:48:46Z
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2024-08-30T12:25:18Z
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