Can art be considered Literature?

This is an
interesting question. I would say
that the answer is yes and no. It all depends on how you
define literature.
If you define literature as a written piece of work, which most people do,

then art (without text) is not literature. If you take a strict view, literature is
usually
divided intoor non-fiction, and between prose and poetry. So, from
this point of view, art is
not literature. 

If we define
art as the communication of content, then sure
art can be literature. As
people say, a picture is worth a thousand words. In the end, the key
is how
you define literature.