Originally published in 1930, this book contains the widely respected essay 'What Is Art', by the well-known Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, and is highly recommend

One of America's most celebrated art critics offers a lively meditation on the nature of art.

Every human society displays some form of behavior that can be called “art,” and in most societies other than our own the arts play an integral part in soci

Reproduction of the original.

WHAT thoughtful man has not been perplexed by problems relating to art? An estimable and charming Russian lady I knew, felt the charm of the music and ritual of