Art or Arts. What’s the difference?

Most people would probably not even notice the difference in the title. From a layman's perspective, it's just an s, plural of art, what's the big deal, huh?

Well, IT IS A BIG DEAL!!!!!

There are two completely different things.

Art means fine art such as painting, drawing and sculpture


Art is anything that is created for the purpose of expressing the artist's feelings about anything from something mundane to a matter of political views, it can be anything the artist feels and desires to express through the medium that is art. It is important to know that arts include all the ordinary arts. This is the reason why arts are sometimes called ordinary arts. They are different from sciences. On the other hand, music is an art. It does not come under arts. Art is sometimes called as fine art too.

What are the Arts?

Arts represent subjects such as commerce, economics, philosophy, history and other such non-science subjects. There are 64 arts. Cooking and gardening also come under arts. One of the most important factors that distinguish art from a subject that falls under arts is creativity. Art needs creativity, whereas arts do not require creativity. This is one of the main differences between art and the arts.

Creativity is the very soul of any art for that matter. Creativity is the soul of poetry. A poet has to be creative in order to create poetry. On the other hand, an expert in history or a historian should be knowledgeable in the subject rather than being creative. Creativity does not serve the purpose for him. On the other hand, a sculptor has to be creative indeed for his work to excel and to be appreciated. And that is completely understandable because everyone has different taste, and the perspective on what is art is also changing, which is the trouble faced by many artists whose work went unnoticed in all their life, only to finally found an audience years later after their death who truly understood what they wanted to say.

Well, it's better to have said and not heard than not said at all.
Location: Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

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