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CHAPTER X

Art and Life

Tolstoy’s Account of the Nature of Art 236

Of the Standard of Art 241

Of the Purpose of Art 241

Criticism of his Conclusions 245

Art, Man’s expression of Life 246

Art and Beauty 251

Order and Change as Principles of Life and Art 253

Classification of the Arts 254

Examples of the Presentative Arts—(a) Architecture 256

(b) Ornament 259

(c) Music 261

The Representative Arts—(a) The Plastic Arts 265

(b) Dancing 270

The Evocative Art: Literature 271

The Union of Music and Poetry 272

Conclusion 273

APPENDIX A

Sum ergo Cogito 275

APPENDIX B

Co-operation and Competition 279

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