 | Fred Wellington Ruckstuhl - 1916 - 618 pages
...sometimes become truly great. The next important definition is by Tolstoi in his : "What Is Art?" 1898:— "Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that...means of certain external signs, hands on to others the feelings (emotions) he has lived through, and 24 THE ART WORLD 25 that other people are infected... | |
 | 1917 - 736 pages
...upon the matter he formed this definition : — Art is a human activity consisting in this, that otie 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. Of course,... | |
 | Mary Belle Hooton - 1918 - 182 pages
...of art is to convey an emotion from one soul to another. Tolstoi's definition of art is as follows: "Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that...external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and also experience them. Art is not,... | |
 | Virgil George Michel - 1918 - 116 pages
...will always exist at least as an unconscious accompaniment. "Art is a human activity," says Tolstoi, "consisting in this, that one man consciously, by...external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and also experience them."43 Tolstoi... | |
 | Ernest Govett - 1919 - 470 pages
...in fact that what we call the beautiful representation of nature is not necessarily art, but thatb Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that...means of certain external signs, hands on to others a The Theory of Beauty, 1914. t> What is Art? Aylmer Maude Translation. feelings he has lived through,... | |
 | 1920 - 678 pages
...transmit that feeling that others may experience the same feeling — this is the activity of art. Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that...external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and also experience them. " (I wish... | |
 | Francis Sydney Marvin - 1920 - 314 pages
...in it is false. I will give this contention as shortly as I can in his own words. ' Art ', he says,' is a human activity, consisting in this — that one...external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings and also experience them.' Now this is... | |
 | Arthur Clutton-Brock - 1920 - 172 pages
...of art that few can enjoy fails as much as a railway that few can travel by. " Art," Tolstoy says, " is a human activity, consisting in this — that one...external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings and also experience them.T> So it is... | |
 | Arthur Clutton-Brock - 1920 - 164 pages
...work of art that few can enjoy fails as much as a railway that few can travel by. "Art," Tolstoy says, "is a human activity, consisting in this — that...external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings and also experience them." So it is the... | |
 | Paul Klapper - 1920 - 616 pages
...statuary. In this chapter the term will be used in accordance with the definition evolved by Tolstoi, who says: "Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are affected... | |
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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. 
