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The Art, Manifestation of Meaning in Form
(A common Idea Of Iranian Wisemans And Leo Tolstoy)
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Hassan Bolkhari Ghahi   |
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Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Leo Tolstoy has been known as a novelist in the world with his very famous and important works such as war and peace and Anna Karenina, but he is a philosopher of Art too. He has broached a new theory in art in his book "What is Art?" which is called expression theory. He has been known as the first theoretician of This theory after the long-life theory in the history of art philosophy: "mimesis". He believes art is the manifestation of meaning in form, and artist presents deep and pure meaning of humanity in his works. On the other hand, Muslim Wisemans believe like Tolstoy. For example, Seyyed Haydar Amoli in Jāme al-asrār wa manba al-anwār ( the most famous of Amoli’s writings) has the same belief. This article has compares Tolstoy and Muslim Wisemans especially Seyyed Haydar Amoli in a comparative study and discussed the closer of these thoughts. |
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| Keywords: Art, Meaning, Leo Tolstoy, Haydar Amoli, Comparative Study |
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Type of Study: Research |
Received: 2019/10/17 | Accepted: 2019/12/4 | Published: 2019/12/21
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