Monaco believes there are three main forms of art:

The performance arts- An act that happens in real time and is watched by a live audience. This includes things like opera,musicles,dance and live theatre.

The representational arts-Presents their art form through literature and pictures in a physical copy that the observer can see. For example books and paintings.

The recoding arts- Arts forms that has been recorded so can be listened to or watched at any time this includes things like film and music.

These three categorizations of the arts create a spectrum. From live real time events to pre recorded sounds and films.