DEFINITIONS OF EACH OF THE SPECTRUMS OF THE ARTS:

THE PERFORMING ARTS

These can be defined in the sense that they are happening in real or present time. They can be observed and taken in as a ‘real occurrence’ in front of the viewer, or perhaps only once and cannot be replicated.

THE RECORDING ARTS

These are any form of art which is not created in the present but rather has been articulated in the past and is a compact form of content which can be replayed or re-used multiple times. These forms of art give a unique perspective to viewers and are mostly for individual interpretation as they do not give a totally biased or clear message. Arguably giving a more ‘direct path between subject and observer’.

THE REPRESENTATIONAL ARTS

The criterion for this spectrum of the arts is to be dependent upon specific language or bias in the form of an artistic messenger (the ‘codes and conventions of language’). Representational arts require a medium through which a message is portrayed that is extremely personal and usually does not need input from anyone other than the original artist (i.e. poems or paintings which have been done by one person).

EXAMPLES OF EACH OF THE SPECTRUMS OF THE ARTS:

THE PERFORMING ARTS:

PLAYS OR LIVE SHOWS, E.G. MACBETH ‘THE LIVE PLAY’ AT THE HATFORD THEATER

THE RECORDING ARTS:

FILMS AND RECORDED SONGS OR TV SHOWS, E.G. THE TRUMAN SHOW (PETER WEIR, 1998)

THE REPRESENTATIONAL ARTS:

FORMS OF LITERATURE OR PHYSICAL ART, E.G. ‘THE TYGER’ (WILLIAM BLAKE)