Theatre vs. Other Arts
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Represents (Abstract or Concrete) |
Uses What Senses?
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Must Use Space (Spatial)
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Must Use Time (Temporal)*
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Is the Artist Present???
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MUSIC
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Abstract--Could be considered the most
pure--uses only one sense.
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Hearing
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No
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Yes
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????
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GRAPHIC ART
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Concrete/Abstract
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Sight
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Two Dimensions
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No
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No
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SCULPTURE/ ARCHITECTURE
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Concrete/Abstract
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Sight
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Three Dimensions |
No
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No
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DANCE
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Concrete/Abstract
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Sight and Hearing
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Three Dimensions
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Yes
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Yes??
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LITERATURE
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Abstract(Uses words to convey both concrete
and abstract ideas; cognitive)
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Sight and Imagination
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Not the work itself. (The book exists
physically, but what is the "literature?")
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To read, yes, but varies from reader
to reader.
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No
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THEATER
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BOTH CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT AND IMAGINATION
THROUGH IMITATION: "MIMESIS"
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EITHER THE LEAST PURE OR THE MOST PURE--USES
ALL THE SENSE
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AN AMALGAM OF ALL THE ARTS--USES SPACE, TIME, (LITERATURE) DANCE (MOVEMENTS) |
ARCHITECTURE GRAPHIC DESIGN, MUSIC (SOUND) |
ALL THAT THE OTHER ARTS HAVE.
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A performance with an audience, different from TV or movies. Literature and theatre tend to depict crises embodying eternal questions and universal processes of existence.
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