French term
huitième art
My author (in the building business) refers to photography as the huitième art.
Various proponents claim that this title goes to cinema, even haute couture, and there are probably others too. A few - especially in French - suggest photography.
There is a well argued case for the nine art forms being as follows:
1er art : L’ARCHITECTURE
2ème art : la sculpture
3ème art : la peinture
4ème art : la danse
5ème art : la musique
6ème art : la poésie
7ème art : le cinéma
8ème art : la télévision
9ème art : la bande dessinée
[The ranking of the first six of these is attributed to Hegel.]
http://jolagier.blog.lemonde.fr/2005/01/14/2005_01_questce_q...
No mention of photography there!
In English, a Wikipedia article on Hegel skips dancing:
1. The third and final part concerns itself with the examination of each of the five major art forms in ascending order:
1. architecture
2. sculpture
3. painting
4. music
5. poetry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectures_on_Aesthetics
But again, no (post Hegelian) photography.
What does the panel think and what can the panel come up with? Any phervent, strongly opinon(at)ed fotografers out there?
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Pablo Strauss
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Proposed translations
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Quarante ans plus tard, le même processus se répète. En effet, en 1964, Morris et Pierre Vankeer décident de publier chaque semaine dans le journal Spirou une série d'articles sur l'histoire de la bande dessinée. Ils envisagent dans un premier temps de titrer cette rubrique le Huitième Art, mais des techniciens du journal signalent aux auteurs qu'il existe déjà un 8e art : la télévision, alors en plein développement. Dans le premier article paru sous le titre Neuvième Art, musée de la bande dessinée, il reste une trace de cette hésitation : « Les bandes dessinées sont nées avant le cinématographe de MM. Lumière. Mais on ne les a guère prises au sérieux pendant les premières décennies de leur existence, et c'est pourquoi la série d'articles qui débute aujourd'hui s'appellera 9e Art[12]. » Cette phrase qui a perdu tout son sens, le retrouve si l'on remplace dans la phrase 9e par 8e art. Souvent la création du 9e art est attribuée à Francis Lacassin, auteur du livre Pour un neuvième art, la bande dessinée[13], mais ce livre ne date que de 1971, 7 ans après les articles de Spirou.
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Discussion
Provocatively yours,
Alison