Talk:Muses

In France, Cinema is sometimes referred to as "le 7eme Art" (the 7th art), a term coined early in the 20th century. This is presumably in reference to 6 "classical" arts: what are they, and are they related to the Muses? -- Tarquin, Tuesday, June 25, 2002

The muses:

• Calliope - epic poetry
• Clio - history
• Erato - love poetry and mimicry
• Euterpe - music
• Melmpomene - tragedy
• Polyhymnia - sacred poetry
• Terpsichore - dancing
• Thalia - comedy, playful/idyllic poetry
• Urania - astronomy

Maybe if you leave of astronomy and history and ?, you get 6 arts. But I'm not sure about that. jheijmans

Just to confuse matters, mediaeval English scholars counted seven "liberal arts". I shan't list them here: I shall save that for the proper article, if there isn't one already. -- Heron

Oh yes, so there is: liberal arts. Could these be related to the "classical arts" that Tarquin is seeking? -- Heron

We've tracked the 6 "pre-cinema" (!) arts down on http://fr.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi?Septi%E8me_Art/Discuter , but the origin of that list is still unknown. -- Tarquin 13:21 Jul 29, 2002 (PDT)

Those 6 sound vaguely familiar from my long-ago intro to cinema classes (though engraving seems out-of-place; I seem to recall theater). I'll see if I can look up a source. --Brion VIBBER