tolstoy

Tolstoy has a very strong love for the arts, shown through his article What is Art?, he shows strong conviction and graphic descriptions of a large quantity of arts. In his excerpt he goes in depth to show each art and how every kind is special in its own special way. In a very determined way he critizes how new forms of art are ruining the real meaning behind true art and all its beauty.

Tolstoy goes in depth I his wild accusations on how theater, television, and movies are bringing down how art truly should be seen. In his completely bias opinion art should be seen in its true forms such as ballet, paintings, sculptures, and dance. In my personal opinion, great! Enjoy your art, ballet, dance, and paintings are all nice and when done well are beautiful, but I enjoy my tv, movies, and plays. A lung crushing hit over the opponents bench in hockey in my view beats the Mona Lisa any day of the week.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and Tolstoy takes full advantage f that right in his excerpt. Blasting the reader with a barrage of enflaming statements that jam his idea down your throat, via text. I won’t say that his view is flawed, but his way of communicating his ideals and thoughts need a little touching up. He does on the other hand support his thoughts with good concrete evidence from other highly respected art enjoying people from magazines, papers, and books.