art and literature

Culture's twin pillars

Art and literature refers to creative and written works considered together as a cultural domain.

The phrase groups visual, performing, and literary arts into a single category, often in educational or institutional contexts: She studied art and literature at university, The grant supports art and literature programs.

It implies humanistic culture broadly rather than any specific medium.

Related

poetry · found poetry · short story · dance · ballet · essay · novel · memoir · drama · epic · mime · sound art · satire · puppetry · allegory · multimedia art · sculpture · improvisation

Opposites
knowledge domain

art and literatureSTEM

Four-discipline academic grouping

hard sciences · mathematics · natural sciences · physics · engineering

human activity type

art and literaturemanual labor

Work done bodily

industry · commerce · manufacturing · business · trade

cultural value orientation

art and literaturebarbarism

Savage, uncivilized behavior

philistinism · vulgarity · crudeness · bureaucracy · technocracy

Family

artist, artists, artistic, artistry, artful, artfully, artless, literature, literary

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G