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What Is Art? Audiobook (Unabridged)


What Is Art? (Unabridged)
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Avg. Rating: 44 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 (439 ratings)
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Audio Length: 6 hours and 30 min.
Release Date: 8/5/2008
Narrator: Geoffrey Blaisdell
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Format: Unabridged


Publisher Summary
 

Tolstoy claims that all good art is related to the authentic life of the broader community and that the aesthetic value of a work of art is not independent of its moral content. The book is noteworthy not only for its famous iconoclasm and compelling attacks on the aestheticist notion of art for art's sake but even more for its wit, its lucid and beautiful prose, and its sincere expression of the deepest social conscience.

Tolstoy is an author critics typically rank alongside Shakespeare and Homer. A sustained consideration of the cultural import of art by someone who himself was an artist of the highest stature will always remain relevant and fascinating to anyone interested in the place of art and literature in society.
About the Author: Leo Tolstoy
 

Leo Tolstoy is one of the most well-liked Classics authors in our selection of audiobooks on AudiobookStore.com. With titles that include War and Peace, Anna Karenina and Anna Karenina and most recently Wisdom of Leo Tolstoy, Tolstoy has a total of 71 audiobooks for you to choose from. While Wisdom of Leo Tolstoy is the newest audio book we carry from him, War and Peace was added to our website in 2000, making it the oldest available title in audio format from Tolstoy on AudiobookStore.com. We offer the Unabridged version of the bestselling War and Peace, which is read by the popular audio book narrator Frederick Davidson. His 71 audiobooks make up over 611 hours of stories for customers to enjoy. For a complete list of Tolstoy's Classics audio books, please visit his author page here: Leo Tolstoy audiobooks.
Reader Reviews for: What Is Art?
4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5  4 out of 5
Review by J-luce from The United States | 5/12/2011

If anyone wants to know where Gandhi and MLK got their non-violence from, or where I originally got my Christian anarchy views from, check this book out. It's a classic, really, so it's unfortunate that not many people have heard of it.
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Review by Joseph from Anderson, IN | 1/19/2011

Just skip the first half. The latter half makes up for it.
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Review by Jonathan from The United States | 12/30/2010

Little has changed from 19th Century Russia to 21 Century with regard to the hypocrisy & sophistry of Christians who profess faith in Christ without so much as making the attempt of the lifestyle and teachings he advocated. This is still relevant today.
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