Abstract
Art has to do with emotions in different ways. The article starts with a discussion about the relationship between the emotions represented in art and the personal feelings of the creator. Both in literature and in painting human beings are the predominant theme. In order to present them as veridical and credible, the artist has to have a knowledge of emotions and their expressions. Three levels of representing emotions in art are discerned, implying increasing distance from biologically programmed expressions as they exist in ‘real life’. Emotional expressions are predominantly nonverbal. Both painting and literature are discussed in terms of the means they have at their disposal to render these nonverbal expressions. Painting can use nonverbal channels such as outer appearance, gaze, posture and gesture. Literature has to describe these nonverbal behaviors in language. Some examples are given and a method is presented for analysing the use of nonverbal categories by an author. Such a type of analysis can uncover the implicit psychology of the writer.
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