The business of art lies just in this — to make that understood and felt which, in the form of an argument, might be incomprehensible and inaccessible. Usually it seems to the recipient of a truly artistic impression that he knew the thing before but... The Life and Teaching of Leo Tolstoy: A Book of Extracts - Stran 204avtor: graf Leo Tolstoy - 1904 - 273 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| graf Leo Tolstoy - 1899 - 622 strani
...understood and felt which, in the form of an argu\ ment, . might be incomprehensible and inaccessible i Usually it seems to the recipient of a truly artistic...the thing before but had been unable to express it. And such has always been the nature of good, supreme art; the "Iliad," the " Odyssey," the stories... | |
| Aylmer Maude - 1901 - 352 strani
...that one cannot learn trigonometry before knowing geometry." "The business of art," on the other hand, "lies just in this — to make that understood and...argument, might be incomprehensible and inaccessible " (p. 102). It " infects any man, whatever his plane of development," and "the hindrance to understanding... | |
| graf Leo Tolstoy - 1902 - 582 strani
...any man whatever his plane of development. The business of art lies just in this, — to make that ~_ understood and felt which, in the form of an argument,...the thing before but had been unable to express it. And such has always been the nature of good, supreme art; the "Iliad," the " Odyssey," the stories... | |
| Greville Macdonald - 1910 - 390 strani
...What is Art? — a work of absolutely fundamental inspiration. " The business of Art," says Tolstoy, " lies just in this — to make that understood and...argument, might be incomprehensible and inaccessible." f My watchmaker, who has made every portion of a watch with his own hand and has won a Kew gold medal,... | |
| George McLean Harper - 1916 - 496 strani
...principles of one set of men to another; he has, as we should now say, in the words of Tolstoi, " made that understood and felt which, in the form of an...argument, might be incomprehensible and inaccessible," and thereby " united people." The letter not only shows this high consciousness of religious performance,... | |
| 1917 - 736 strani
...services, buildings, monuments and triumphal processions. And again : The business of art lies in just this— to make that understood and felt which, in...the thing before but had been unable to express it. These words are most suggestive of the manner in which art influences us. Moreover they bring us to... | |
| 1920 - 678 strani
...that the charm of a picture, sounds, or of forms, infects any man whatever his plane of development. "The business of art lies just in this, — to make...argument, might be incomprehensible and inaccessible * * * Such has always been the nature of a good supreme art; the Iliad, the Odyssey, the stories of... | |
| Herbert Samuel Mallory - 1923 - 558 strani
...emotionally related images, may infect any man regardless of his intellectual discipline or reasoning power. "The business of art lies just in this — to make...the thing before but had been unable to express it. ... A good and lofty work of art may be incomprehensible, but not to simple, unperverted peasant laborers... | |
| graf Leo Tolstoy, Aylmer Maude - 1924 - 544 strani
...one cannot learn trigonometry before knowing geometry." "This business of art", on the other hand, "lies just in this: to make that understood and felt...argument might be incomprehensible and inaccessible" (p. 225). It "infects any man, whatever his plane of development," and "(as is said in the Gospel)... | |
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