Art, Music and Literature

In order to understand how 'water' has been represented by different artists, I drowned myself in numerous books and browsed the internet, looking mostly at the masters in art history as well as many contemporary artists. However I also came across an overflow of music and literature related to water too that I think deserve a platform on this blog. I found water to be a component that has helped numerous artists of all genres flow through their lives using water to portray a message across to their viewer, reader or listener.

Before I begin I would like to give an account of the definition of 'water'.

'Water' according to the Oxford Dictionary, is, in scientific terms, a compound of oxygen and hydrogen (chemical formula: H2 O) with highly distinctive physical and chemical properties: it is able to dissolve many other substances; its solid form (ice) is less dense than the liquid form; its boiling point, viscosity, and surface tension are unusually high for its molecular weight, and it is partially dissociated into hydrogen and hydroxyl ions.

In visual terms, ‘water’ is defined as: a colourless, transparent, odourless liquid which forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms, and so without water life cannot exist. It is believed that human beings cannot survive without water for more than four days, so its importance is critical.