"seventh art" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌsɛvnθ ˈɑːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsɛvənθ ˈɑɹt/ [General-American] Forms: the seventh art [canonical]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|it|settima arte}} Calque of Italian settima arte, {{glossary|coined}} coined, {{=}} =, {{nb...}} […] Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=the seventh art}} the seventh art
  1. (film, chiefly preceded by the definite article) The art of making motion pictures; filmmaking; cinema. Wikipedia link: Cinémathèque Française, Federico Fellini, Il bidone, Jean Epstein, Ricciotto Canudo Categories (topical): Cinematography, Film, Seven Related terms: seven arts Translations (art of making motion pictures — see also filmmaking): seitsemäs taide (Finnish), seitsemäs taiteenlaji (Finnish), septième art [masculine] (French), settima arte [feminine] (Italian), filmoznawstwo [neuter] (Polish)

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