Tolstoy on Aesthetics

What is Art?

H.O. Mounce

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English

Routledge
28 November 2019

Humanities

Series: Routledge Revivals

This title was first published in 2001: Tolstoy's view of art is discussed in most courses in aesthetics, particularly his main text What is Art? He believed that the importance of art lies not in its purely aesthetic qualities but in its connection with life, and that art becomes decadent where this connection is lost. This view has often been misconceived and its strength overlooked. This book presents a clear exposition of Tolstoy's What is Art?, highlighting the value and importance of Tolstoy's views in relation to aesthetics. Mounce considers the problems which exercised Tolstoy and explains their fundamental importance in contemporary disputes. Having viewed these problems of aesthetics as they arise in a classic work, Howard Mounce affords readers fresh insights not simply into the problems of aesthetics themselves, but also into their contemporary treatment. Students and interested readers of aesthetics and philosophy, as well as those exploring the works of Tolstoy in literature, will find this book of particular interest and will discover that reading What is Art? with attention, affords something of the excitement found in removing the grime from an oil painting - gradually from underneath there appears an authentic masterpiece.

By: H.O. Mounce
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 335g
ISBN: 9781138703292
ISBN 10: 113870329X
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 124
Publication Date: 28 November 2019
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; The background; Art and society; The problem; The central features; Art and morality; Art in history; Decadent art; Wagner; Summary and elaboration; Alternative theories; Shakespeare; Afterword; Bibliography.

H.O. Mounce

Reviews for Tolstoy on Aesthetics: What is Art?

'... this effort must be applauded, for it gives any contemporary aesthetician accustomed to dismissing outright Tolstoy's aesthetics pause to consider.' Mind