What Is Art? · Concept
Art and Morality
The book argues that art is inseparable from morality and religious perception; art that serves only pleasure or sensuality is harmful, while true art transmits feelings that advance human brotherhood and spiritual progress.
The book argues that art is inseparable from morality and religious perception; art that serves only pleasure or sensuality is harmful, while true art transmits feelings that advance human brotherhood and spiritual progress.
The chapter emphasizes that art should serve goodness, contrasting the Greek conflation of beauty and goodness with the Christian moral ideal.
Art and Morality is one of the patterns What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy returns to. The chapter notes above are from this edition’s companions — open those chapters to see how the book stages the idea rather than treating the theme as a slogan.