ABSTRACT
There is a distinction between works of art which is logically fundamental; some works of art include a series of events and thus take time, while others include no events and do not take time. But some works of art do not take time. It is clear that all works of music and all dances are temporal works of art. Thus the temporal arts seem to be also performing arts, while at least such pre-eminent atemporal arts as painting and sculpture seem to be non-performing arts. The conclusion provides very clear and important differences between the traditional temporal and atemporal arts, so far as we have considered them. These differences have stemmed from their temporal or atemporal character, against the background of existing techniques, technology and aesthetic goals. The traditional distinction of composition and performance has gone. There are also colour-tapes showing mobile abstracts on the television screen.
