seventh art
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seventh art
- /ˌsɛvnθ ˈɑːt/ UK
- /ˌsɛvənθ ˈɑɹt/ US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
Calque of Italian settima arte, which was coined by the Italian film theoretician Ricciotto Canudo (1877–1923) in 1921, considering filmmaking to be a new art combining the six previous arts of architecture, sculpture, painting, music, dance, and poetry. Canudo had previously used the term sesta arte (literally “sixth art”) to describe filmmaking around 1911 when he did not include dance in the set of preceding arts.
noun the seventh art
- The art of making motion pictures; filmmaking; cinema. Georges Charensol's Panorama du cinema, originally published in 1927, […] was the bible of devotees of the seventh art.
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noun art of making motion pictures — see also filmmaking
| Español | séptimo arte |
|---|---|
| Português | sétima arte |
| Français | septième art |
| Italiano | settima arte |
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