Tolstoy talks about how art must move people in an emotional way in order for it to truly be art, and successful art. My problem with this is how many people does it have to "move" for it to actually be art?
Can it just be one person, or a group of people? Does it have to be a large group? Does it have to be displayed as art in order for it to fully serve its purpose?
There are a lot of faults in this theory, as discussed in class, and a lot of holes in the theory as well.
Also, I am curious to what Tolstoy would say if a piece of artwork, whatever kind of art it may be, affected someone emotionally, but not in the intended way. Would it still be considered art? Or failed art? Or is it just not art to that specific person?
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