Literature and the Arts

William Shakespeare. Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)		IBM Building and Marina City, Chicago, IL, USA. Wikimedia Commons (J. Crocker)		Pierre Auguste Renoir. Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

If people can create it, you’ll probably find it in this category. Literature and the arts spans everything from writing books, designing buildings, sculpting stone, and painting on a canvas, to designing fashion, writing an article, and acting in a play. From the first cave paintings to modern works in the digital age, it’s always been about communication and expression.
The subcategory of art and architecture covers American artists like Andy Warhol, Horace Pippin, and Jackson … Pollock. It also includes European and Asian Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo DaVinci, Paul Cezanne, and Piet Mondrian. Ranging from The Guggenheim to the Louvre to MoMA, museums displaying these pieces of art can be found around the world. Architecture covers the designers of great buildings, bridges, and roads. We have content about architects from Phillip Johnson to Frank Lloyd Wright to Ictinus, the designer of the Parthenon.
English Literature can cover a range from Chaucer and Shakespeare, to Charles Dickens and Truman Capote. We also have extensive information about Asian, French, German, and Italian Literature.
The category of Literature and the Arts also includes fashion, design, and crafts. This could cover designing and making clothing, conducting interior design, and working on arts and crafts. These could include hobbies like embroidery, knitting, quilting, and basketry. The beginning of journalism can be traced back to the Acta Diuma, the prototype of the modern newspaper. Today, journalism includes newspapers, magazines, Web sites, and even comic strips.
Other areas of literature and the arts can include dance, film, theater, and music. All have rich histories that you can explore below.

• Art and Architecture
• Biographies
• Classical Literature, Mythology, and Folklore
• Fashion, Design, and Crafts
• Journalism and Publishing
• Language, Linguistics, and Literary Terms
• Literature in English
• Literature in Other Modern Languages
• Performing Arts
• Scholars and Historians