What would "se'ptimo arte" mean?

Question

I saw "se'ptimo arte" used in context with a commentary on immigrant trafficking in the paper "ahora si'". Some sort of dark art, but I'm not sure.

Εβδομη Τεχνη? - faliron, Oct 14, 2011

Answer 1

I think it would be 'el séptimo arte' or 'the seventh arte' - referring to film making or cinema.

Apparently, philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel proposed that there are 6 arts: architecture, sculpture, painting, music, dance, poetry. Then Italian intellectual Ricciotto Canudo in 1912 argued that Cinema was a combination of the spatial and temporal arts.

¡Qué interesante! - Sheily, Sep 11, 2010

spatial (relating to space) - eg sculpture & painting) temporal (involves or concerns time) eg poetry & music - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 11, 2010

estoy de acuerdo Sheily :) - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 11, 2010

séptimo (why did you drop his accent mark?) - 0074b507, Sep 11, 2010

Yes the seventh art would be correct I just didnt realize it referred to film making :) - FELIZ77, Sep 11, 2010

@ Quentin, lol u make it seem so sinister, it was just a little accident :( - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 11, 2010

thanx for pointing it out :) - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 11, 2010

Answer 2

I just received a solicitation from Telcel, the Mexican telephone company saying, "Recibiras durante 15 días SIN COSTO el mejor contenido del septimo arte en tu celular." Another message explained that this allowed me 2 for 1 admission at Cinepolis, the national theater chain.

Answer 3

El cine

Answer 4

La sombra del viento includes a clear and explanatory reference to "el séptimo arte" on page 110 in the edition I am reading:

--En confianza, a mí esto del séptimo arte me la repampinfla.

The protagonist goes on to say:

El cinematógrafo nació como invento para entretener a las masas analfabetas, y cincuenta años más tarde no ha cambiado mucho.

We then read that amusingly:

Toda aquella reticencia cambió radicalmente el día que Fermín Romero de Torres [that protagonist who spoke of yout "séptimo arte] descubrió a Carole Lombard.