{"product_id":"what-is-art-paperback-3","title":"What is Art? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAylmer Maude\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMark Diederichsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2014 paperback edition of Leo Tolstoy's controversial indictment of  sthetic theory. Tolstoy contends that much of European art since the Renaissance is not \"true\" art but \"counterfeit\" art, marked by being mannered, imitative, sensationalist, and overly intellectual. Few of the most highly regarded masters in the canon of art history are spared Tolstoy's scathing criticisms - Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Baudelaire, Zola, and many others, are derided as insincere, decadent, and obsessed with erotic mania. Even the concept of beauty is exposed as a manipulative, calculating, and perverse obsession of the upper class, largely produced at the expense of the laboring class. The cover is a portrait of Tolstoy painted by Ilya Repin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719701434431,"sku":"9781500556549","price":14.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3a78392687731eb7afd5450b8b85793d.webp?v=1765086562","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/what-is-art-paperback-3","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}