Manifesto Das Sete Artes Ricciotto Canudo.pdf !exclusive! →

The manifesto fundamentally raised the "intellectual level" of filmmaking. By providing a formal aesthetic background, Canudo encouraged other artists—painters, poets, and musicians—to view the screen as a legitimate canvas for creative expression. ART WITHIN THE 7TH ART - Art Madrid'26

Canudo believed film was a "divine impulse" that married the precision of science (the camera/projector) with the ideals of art. Manifesto Das Sete Artes Ricciotto Canudo.pdf

Canudo organized the arts into two distinct categories, which he believed cinema perfectly united: Rhythms of Time (Rhythmic Arts) 1. Architecture 2. Sculpture 5. Poetry / Literature 3. Painting Canudo encouraged other artists—painters

Canudo’s vision did not emerge in a single moment but evolved alongside the developing technology of film: Manifesto Das Sete Artes Ricciotto Canudo.pdf