Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and also experience them. The Publishers Weekly - Page 1141898Full view - About this book
| 1898 - 502 pages
...cloth. Price 75 cents. By mail H7 cents. " Art is," says Tolstoi, " a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain...are infected by these feelings and also experience them." He begins >vith a critical analysis of the term art, as defined by English, German, and French... | |
| 1901 - 736 pages
...He wants a new art built on something higher. "Art is a human activity," he tells us, "consisting in this — that one man consciously, by means of certain...are infected by these feelings and also experience them." "It is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings." If we accept... | |
| 1902 - 766 pages
...one man consciously, by means of external signs, hands on to others feelings that he has lived thru, and that other people are infected by these feelings and also experience them." This is the best definition yet produced. It leaves beauty to take care of itself and makes... | |
| 1898 - 436 pages
...literature, and religion are all defined with art as " a human activity consisting In this, that a man consciously by means of certain external signs hands on to others feelings he has lived through, that they may also experience them." Now translated as Tolstoi wrote it, with portions formerly suppressed.... | |
| 1899 - 972 pages
...subject. Further on he attempts a more definite explanation: "Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain...lived through, and that other people are infected by those feelings, and also experience them," thus narrowing the scope of art to the expression of feelings.... | |
| graf Leo Tolstoy - 1899 - 622 pages
...experience the I same feeling — this is the activity of art. Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that one ' man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands ' on to others feelings tie has lived through, and that other > people are infected by these feelings, and also experience... | |
| William Thomas Stead - 1900 - 658 pages
...the novelist's definition of art, and his view of life : — Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain...are infected by these feelings, and also experience them. The religious perception of our time, in its widest and most practical application, is the consciousness... | |
| National Education Association of the United States - 1902 - 1042 pages
...better than any of them, and undoubtedly he is right. He says : Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain...external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived thru, and that other people are moved by these feelings and also experience them. When one is able... | |
| National Educational Association (U.S.). Meeting - 1902 - 1040 pages
...better than any of them, and undoubtedly he is right. He says : Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain...external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived thru, and that other people are moved by these feelings and also experience them. When one is able... | |
| graf Leo Tolstoy - 1902 - 582 pages
...experience the same feeling — this is the activity of art. Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands an to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and... | |
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