Ricciotto Canudo’s "Manifesto of the Seven Arts," published in 1923, defines cinema as the synthesis of all previous art forms, uniting the spatial arts (architecture, sculpture, painting) with the temporal arts (music, poetry, dance). The text conceptualizes cinema as a "plastic art in motion," viewing it as the definitive art of the modern age that marries scientific mechanics with aesthetic experience. To explore the original document, you can view the text on Manifesto das Sete Artes de Canudo | PDF | Arte - Scribd
Canudo structures his argument by dividing the traditional arts into two distinct categories based on how human consciousness perceives them: Manifesto Das Sete Artes Ricciotto Canudo.pdf