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Art is an expression of creativity and imagination. It is also a relationship between the artist and the audience.
Literature is art that shares a story and develops a theme for the audience.
Literature and the other fine arts are all similar in that they are specific media through which one gives expression to what is in the soul.
The arts have triangular dimensions Literary Arts Performing Arts Visual Arts
Literary Arts Drama, Poetry and Prose Prose has two categories- fiction and non fictions Fiction : are stories written to entertain Non-Fiction : prose consists of essays of philosophical expositions on particular themes
The performing Arts Theatre (drama) performances, music, dance and film
The visual arts graphic arts and design; termed utilitarian art of commercial art
“Fell in the weeping Brooke, her clothes spread wide,And Mermaid-like, a while they bore her up,Which time she chanted snatches of old tunes,[…]Till that her garments, heavy with her drink,Pulled the poor wretch from her melodious lay,To muddy death.”Hamlet-Act 4 Scene 7 Sir John Everett Millais, Ophelia (1851-1852)
poetry is often set to music or dance interprets music, art imitates literary form.
“And at the closing of the dayShe loosed the chain, and down she lay;The broad stream bore her far away , The Lady of Shalott.”The Lady of Shalott (1832)Alfred Lord Tennyson John William Waterhouse The Lady of Shalott (1888) Oil paint on canvas. Tate 2016.
Performing Arts in literatureLiterary art attempts to solidify, communicate, and embellish thoughts and communicate in a manner that transcends all others. Achilles:Is there no one else? Is there no one else?
Visual Art in LiteratureSURREALISM Art is characterized by dream-like visuals, the use of symbolism, and collage images. two basic types of Surrealism: abstract and figurative • emphasizing the expression of the imagination as realized in dreams • not literal depictions of the known world but disconcerting “realistic” representations of the subconscious.
Dr.A.NobleJebaKumar,Assistant Professor of English,ThanthaiPeriyarGovernment Arts & ScienceCollege,Trichirappalli 620023drnoblejk@gmail.com9952688838