There has been a close relationship between literature and other arts and craft such as music, gardening, painting, and needlework among others. Since time in memorial, literature has used other arts and crafts in order to express itself. More so, other arts like music, film have been used in the development of literature works. Many writers in literature have been influenced by the manner in which the films have been written, thus films influenced the growth of literature positively. Some literature works in the 19^th century have been written using the structure employed in movies. Literature expresses its self through music, paintings, crafts and other forms of art. This essay evaluates the manner in which literature uses others forms of art and crafts with special reference to music.

It is a common occurrence that literature used music to express itself. For example, the book Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche was expressed by music composed by Richard Strauss. The literal work provided the song with its lyrics, thus, expressed its self. Many ballets and dances are based on literature works by different authors. In some cases, dances and music have texts that are chanted in form of chorus. Art and craft has been a tool that has cross- fertilized music through parallel strategies. That has been achieved by rational dissociation of art, like the abstract expressionists paintings. The abstract expressionists’ paintings were instrumental in shaping some literature works some that were written while others were not recorded. The expressionists played a key role in shaping literature between 1950s and 1960s.

Many scholars have argued that literature is a combination of genres. The theories employed in literature are derived from other forms of art and craft. Most of the literature works of 19^th century and late 18^th century are based on the people’s way of living that entailed their paintings, songs, and crafts. The songs of praise to the heroes and personal songs inspired writers because they could use the content in writing of literature either fictional or books based on real life stories (Ferris, 1986).

Through the use of art like paintings, literature has been able to express some intellectual movements like Romanticism. This was mainly expressed after relations between art and literature emerged. Thus, literature has been used to express personality and freedom. Among the authors that have been instrumental in writing literature based on art and craft, include Chateaubriand and Victor Hugo. Among the music composers and painters that inspired the authors include Beethoven and Caspar Friedrich respectively. This is a clear indication of how literature used art as a guiding tool to the literature works.

The manner in which literature uses art and craft in the late 18^th century and in 19^th century, is very diverse. This period is marked as the Victorian era. During this period, among the popular movements includes classicism, impressionism, romanticism, and post-impressionism.

Classicism was most popular during the period and it happens to be the opposite of romanticism. Classicism focused on the expression of emotions instead of reason. Among the popular paintings in romanticism, include Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix. The expressionist movement painters include Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet among others. The differences in the paintings were displayed in the brightness of the colors and other color effects. Various painters were influenced by the paintings that were done during the Victorian era.

Among the popular authors who were inspired by the paintings, include William Yeats, Charlotte Bronte, and Joseph Conrad among others. The painters transformed realism to symbolism in that way. Through that, the poetry and literature as transformed.

Craft was used to display the cultural values of a society. Through the organization of the society, literature was used to promote the values displayed by the crafts design. The existence of craft and their unique designs was promoted by the literature. For example, “The treasures in our museums now are only the common utensils used in households of that age, when hundreds of medieval churches - each one a masterpiece - were built by unsophisticated peasants” (Nihon, 1991, p.14). That displays the conflict between the artisans and the leaders of the time who opposed the existence of craft designs. The impact of the artisans and the conflict with industrial revolution was highly expressed through literature works.

There has been close relationship between literature and art. The themes expressed in music, paintings and crafts have been a used in literature. Literature uses the power of written word to express ones emotions. In the late 18^th century and 19^th century, there were many changes in the society. The changes were mainly expressed through paintings, music, and other forms of craft. Literature was the key tool used to connect all the features of the humanity. Through literature, the early music and paintings are used to display the early movements across the globe. The changes in the society are revealed in the literature. The authors either wrote stories based on real life stories or fiction to catch the audience. However, through literature, one can understand the art and craft that existed in the respective period. The paintings of the time played a critical role in shaping the literature world. The relationship between the arts and crafts and literature is not complex. The use of music, painting and other forms in craft in literature has greatly been played a critical role in understanding the changes that have taken place overtime.