Tolstoy on art by graf Leo Tolstoy
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| Author | Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 |
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| Editor | Maude, Aylmer, 1858-1938 |
| Title | Tolstoy on art |
| Original Publication | London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1924. |
| Note | "This volume presents, for the first time in English, a complete collection of Tolstoy's essays on art."--Preface |
| Contents | A survey of Tolstoy's essays on art -- Schoolboys and art -- The last supper -- On truth in art -- "What is truth?" -- Introduction to Amiel's journal -- Introduction to S.T. Semënov's peasant stories -- Introduction to the works of Guy de Maupassant -- From a letter to Peter Verigin, the Doukhobor leader -- On art -- An introduction to "What is art?" -- Tolstoy's preface to "What is art?" -- Appendices: Tolstoy's view of art. Preface to Polenz's novel Der Büttnerbauer. An afterword, by Tolstoy, to Chékhov's story, Darling. Shakespeare and the drama. A talk on the drama. Two kinds of mental activity. Preface to N. Orlov's album of Russian peasants. Darling by Antón Chékhov. |
| Credits | Carol Brown, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | N: Fine Arts |
| Subject | Art |
| Subject | Art and morals |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 79027 |
| Release Date | Jul 5, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1073 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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