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" Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that one person consciously, by certain external signs, conveys to others feelings he has experienced, and other peoples are affected by these feelings and live them over in themselves. "
A Comparative Study of Art Definitions and Their Application to the Art of ... - Page 27
by Hilda Ovidia Hendrickson - 1929 - 140 pages
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Aesthetics: a Critical Theory of Art

Henry G. Hartman - 1919 - 260 pages
...of the emotional form of the Expression Theory, writes somewhat popularly to the following effect: "Art is a human activity consisting in this, that...has experienced, and other people are affected by these feelings and live them over in themselves." Him, with a larger display of scientific authority,...
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Great Works of Art and what Makes Them Great

Fred Wellington Ruckstull - 1925 - 738 pages
...Tolstoy also fell into the error of making a formula which makes of art an activity — a process : Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that...conveys to others feelings he has experienced, and other peoples are affected by these feelings and live them over in themselves. (Italics ours.) But, supposing...
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Great Works of Art and what Makes Them Great: Reprint of Articles Published ...

Fred Wellington Ruckstull - 1925 - 748 pages
...Tolstoy also fell into the error of making a formula which makes of art an activity — a process : Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that...conveys to others feelings he has experienced, and other peoples are affected by these feelings and live them over in themselves. (Italics ours.) But, supposing...
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The Temple Artisan, Volume 11

1910 - 288 pages
...considlered by and captured by him, what to Tolstoi, is art? He answers this question by saying that, "Art is a human activity consisting in this, that...has experienced, and other people are affected by these feelings, and live them over in themselves." Again, "Art is one of the means of communication...
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The College Folio, Volume 16

1907 - 406 pages
...What is this book saying that makes one think, and think again? Here is Tolstoi's definition of art. "Art is a human activity consisting in this, that...has experienced; and other people are affected by these feelings and live them over in themselves." Here is food for thought. Art is not art unless it...
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