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Bibliography: "What is Art?" by Tolstoy, Leo
- Title
- "What is Art?"
- Author
- Tolstoy, Leo
- Date
- Genre
- nonfiction
- Note Source
- World and the Parish 2:743; Youth and the Bright Medusa 142
- Note Relating to Cather
"Art is too terribly human to be very 'great' perhaps. Some very great artists have outgrown art, the men were bigger than the game. Tolstoi did, and Leonardo did."
In "A Gold Slipper," Kitty Ayrshire says that she has talked with Tolstoy about his essay "What is Art?" Marshall McKann responds that he thinks Tolstoy is "a crank."
