Why is cinema referred to as the "seventh art" in France? What are the other six?

Question

Why is cinema referred to as the "seventh art" in France? What are the other six?

Answer 1

The first six arts were described by German philosopher Hegel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegel) in his "Lectures on Aesthetics" (written between 1818 and 1829). Italian film theoretician Ricciotta Canudo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricciotto_C... came up with the expression "seventh art" in a manifesto published in 1911, in which he argued that the cinema synthetized the spatial arts (architecture, sculpture and painting) with the temporal arts (music and dance).

The other arts are:

1st art: architecture

2nd art: sculpture

3rd art: painting

4th art: dance

5th art: music

6th art: poetry

7th art: cinema

Answer 2

There's really nothing to add to the up explanation! ;-)  But it's not only said in France. We say it in Spain as well, and I guess in all European countries

Answer 3

Hiya,

There is 9 arts in total.

Here is the list of those :

1er art : l’architecture = Architecture

  2ème art : la sculpture = Sculpture

  3ème art : la peinture = Painting

  4ème art : la danse = Dance

  5ème art : la musique = Music

  6ème art : la poésie = Poetry

  7ème art : le cinéma = Cinema

  8ème art : la télévision = Television

  9ème art : la bande dessinée = Cartoon

I hope it help.