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The Daily Book of Art
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The Daily Book of Art

by Colin Gilbert, Dylan Gilbert, Elizabeth T. Gilbert, Gabriel Guzman, Rebecca Razo, Sharon Robinson, Amy Runyen, David Schmidt
October 2009
Beginner
376 pages
14h 37m
English
Walter Foster
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image DAY 132 PHILOSOPHY OF ART

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

GETTING ART’S PRIORITIES STRAIGHT

“Art...is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward well-being of individuals and of humanity.”

Leo Tolstoy, What is Art? Chapter V

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When the famous Russian writer and philosopher Leo Tolstoy was given the opportunity to visit an opera rehearsal, he was repulsed by what he witnessed. An excess of time, effort, and money was being poured into what he considered to be a purely ...

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