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Arts and paintings are considered to
be one of the forms of literature. Arts
and paintings represent the reality
of our world in the way other literature
like poetry, drama or fiction does.
It can be classified under the category
of visual arts however its importance
has been accepted as in the position
of higher importance from the time immemorial.
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It
holds an important position
like music and other forms of
arts in literature. Painting
or visual art is like other
forms of art which holds the
capacity of expression of individual
thought and feeling achieved
through the creative process.
An artist seeks to share his
or her experiences, observations,
and understanding through the
medium that most effectively
lends itself to their personal
skills and abilities. Whether
artists are writing stories,
painting pictures, writing music,
composing a photograph, or creating
a film, they are expressing
their relationship to the world
around them at that moment.Their
works share certain expressive
elements, such as structure,
theme, and tone. |
Art connects human beings to each other
in that sense it allows us to share
each other's perceptions, emotions,
and experiences. A gifted artist may
capture creatively what we feel but
cannot express ourselves. Literature
and the other fine arts are all similar
in that aspect. Visual arts or paintings
use colors to expresses what poetry
or drama expresses through the use of
words or letters. Color holds the dominant
role in visual art since it is generally
associated with color symbolism to convey
the message. Some paintings are very
easy to understand and some are very
complex. To interpret the complex paintings
we must use the special skill and creativity
to analyze the paintings as artists
do.
Paintings
help us to understand and recognize
the things very quickly. If one is taking
help of verbal art to understand the
same thing, comparatively it will take
longer time because verbal art requires
imagination in the mind to grasp the
exact sublime or beauty of the art.
Instead painting of the same image is
like readymade pictures which are supposed
to be more vivid and beautiful. Another
advantage of visual art is it can be
understood by uneducated people if the
painting is simple in theme. With the
help of painting one can understand
nature or the object more because he
or she can associate himself or herself
with nature very closely. Art or the
painting objects stand in the position
of signifier which signified the concrete
things form this universe. To better
understand this concept let us take
an example of linguistics. When we say
R-O-S-E we use something to denote something
else. This is what we call a ‘Signifier’
to denote the ‘Signified’,
the red colored flower of beautiful
smell we know of. Again,
taking an example from visual arts,
whenever we see a rose in a painting
we immediately recognize the rose as
being the symbol of love. The symbol
has been reproduced in paintings since
long time ago; here Rose acts as the
'Signifier' for the 'Signified'.
This
is how we connect all the art mediums
and literature in terms of similarity.
They all have different signifiers trying
to denote the signified. The most important
thing is that both art and painting
one way the other holds the similar
position in terms of introducing and
communicating any work of art.
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