a
distortion or complete
ignorance of the facts; a lie
describes the freedoms artists (or writers, film makers, etc) take with the facts in
the process of creating; disregarding facts for the sake of the art
When a book is made into a movie and parts are left out or changes are made -- the film makers are using
artistic licence
The movie Titanic - the sinking of
the Titanic is a real event in history but the characters in the movie are
fictional. The writer took a real event and used artistic licence to create a story.