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Subject: Cinema
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Movies and Film
Asked by: tot_71-ga
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Posted: 17 Aug 2004 06:38 PDT
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Question ID: 388934
why is cinema called the seventh art ?
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Subject: Re: Cinema
Answered By: kriswrite-ga on 17 Aug 2004 06:55 PDT
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Hello tot_71~

Cinema is called the "seventh art" because it combines or synthesizes
the first six arts (architecture, music, painting, sculpture, poetry,
and dance) together. This label was used by French film critics by
1907.

Regards,
Kriswrite

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cinema is called the seventh art

See specifically, School of Modern Languages
http://www.ex.ac.uk/schools/sml/modules/moddetails.php?mid=MLF1108

and Kobe Design University
http://www.kobe-du.ac.jp/english/department/visual/main.html
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