In his seminal Manifesto das Sete Artes, Ricciotto Canudo elevated cinema to the "Seventh Art" by defining it as a synthesis of spatial arts (architecture, sculpture, painting) and temporal arts (music, poetry, dance). This 1923 work established cinema as a "Total Art" that blends the plastic and rhythmic arts to create a new form of aesthetic expression. Further insights on the manifesto can be explored on Wikipedia.
O "Manifesto das Sete Artes", publicado por Ricciotto Canudo em 1923, define o cinema como a "Sétima Arte", sintetizando as artes do espaço (arquitetura, pintura, escultura) e do tempo (música, dança, poesia). O texto visa elevar o cinema a uma Belas Arte, consolidando-o como uma união entre artes plásticas e rítmicas. Versões para visualização podem ser encontradas no Scribd. Manifesto Das Sete Artes Ricciotto Canudo.pdf
In the manifesto, Canudo outlines a hierarchy culminating in Cinema: In his seminal Manifesto das Sete Artes ,
The manifesto called for the unification of seven distinct art forms: music, poetry, painting, sculpture, dance, theater, and cinema. Canudo argued that these art forms were not mutually exclusive, but rather interconnected and interdependent. He envisioned a new era where artists would no longer be confined to a single medium, but would instead be free to experiment and combine different forms to create something entirely new. O "Manifesto das Sete Artes", publicado por Ricciotto