The arts-. Major constituents of the arts include literature – including poetry, novels and short stories, and epics; performing arts – among them music, dance, and theatre; culinary arts such as baking, and winemaking; media arts like photography, cinematography, & visual arts – drawing, painting,sculpting. Some art forms combine a visual element with performance (ex. film) and the written word (ex. comics) From prehistoric cave paintings to modern day fi