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Have you ever thought why is art important and what is art and the meaning of art . Well I also wonder
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What Is Art? is a book by Leo Tolstoy. It was completed in Russian in 1897 but first published in English
due to difficulties with the Russian censors.
Tolstoy cites the time, effort, public funds, and public respect spent on art and artists as well as the
imprecision of general opinions on art as reason for writing the book. In his words, "it is difficult to say
what is meant by art, and especially what is good, useful art, art for the sake of which we might condone
such sacrifices as are being offered at its shrine".
Throughout the book Tolstoy demonstrates an "unremitting moralism", evaluating artworks in light of
his radical Christian ethics, and displaying a willingness to dismiss accepted masters, including Wagner,
Shakespeare, and Dante, as well as the bulk of his own writings.

Having rejected the use of beauty in definitions of art, Tolstoy conceptualizes art as anything that
communicates emotion: "Art begins when a man, with the purpose of communicating to other people a
feeling he once experienced, calls it up again within himself and expresses it by certain external signs".
This view of art is inclusive: "jokes", "home decoration", and "church services" may all be considered art
as long as they convey feeling. It is also amoral feeling very bad and very good, if only they infect the
reader... constitute the subject of art".
Tolstoy's analysis is influenced by his radical Christian views, views which led him to be
excommunicated from the Russian Orthodox Church in 1901. He states that Christian art, rooted in "the
consciousness”

Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative
talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.
There is no generally agreed definition of what constitutes art, and its interpretation has varied greatly
throughout history and across cultures. The three classical branches of visual art are painting, sculpture,
and architecture. Theatre, dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature, music, film and other
media such as interactive media, are included in a broader definition of the arts. Until the 17th century,
art referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences. In modern usage
after the 17th century, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, the fine arts are separated and
distinguished from acquired skills in general, such as the decorative or applied arts.
The nature of art and related concepts, such as creativity and interpretation, are explored in a branch of
philosophy known as aesthetics. The resulting artworks are studied in the professional fields of art
criticism and the history of art.

In the perspective of the history of art, artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind: from
early pre-historic art to contemporary art; however, some theorists think that the typical concept of
"artistic works" does not fit well outside modern Western societies. One early sense of the definition of
art is a unqine way to how art can express your feeling art is closely related to the older Latin meaning,
which roughly translates to "skill" or "craft", as associated .