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Cul De Sac '68
Jens Ochlich
Photography - 31.8 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12.5 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$450
Palm Springs '59 II
Jens Ochlich
Photography - 31.8 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12.5 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$450
Palm Springs '59
Jens Ochlich
Photography - 31.8 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12.5 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$450
Palm Springs '64
Jens Ochlich
Photography - 31.8 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12.5 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$450
Daffy
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,410
The Book of Sand IV
Maarten Demmink
Painting - 40 x 32 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 12.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,640
This place has been here before #4
Radina Stoimenova
Fine Art Drawings - 97 x 140 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 38.2 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,628
Ville d'un jour
Christian Raffin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,619
Paris, Eiffel Flamant Rose
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$305
Submerged Civilization III
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,357
Submerged Civilization II
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,357
Submerged Civilization I
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,357
Sorry for people whom came to new york and don't know anybody
Manuela Karin Knaut
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$5,202
MBA, Lumière blanche
Jame's Prunier
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.9 inch
$5,598
Elle sort du cinq et va s'acheter des cigarettes
Jame's Prunier
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.9 inch
$4,241
Coucher du soleil au Pont Royal et Notre Dame, Paris
André René César Brechet
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,487
Chairman Mao’s Long Journey, Building the Guggenheim
Erró
Painting - 104 x 63 x 2 cm Painting - 40.9 x 24.8 x 0.8 inch
$8,482
Paris la Tour Effel
Philippe De Lestrange
Print - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Print - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
The Angels Wanna Wear my Red Shoes
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,866
La mort en fete dans le forêt profonde
Anne-Marie Vesco
Painting - 33 x 25 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,696
Oxford Street. London
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,357
The Autumn Yard - autumn landscape painting
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,165
The Blue Night
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,696 $882
Dream City Prague -Old Square
Alexandr Klemens
Painting - 100 x 79.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.3 inch
$1,696
Nocturne Place de Mexico
Alena Carbonel
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
Defining Shadows III
Maureen J Haldeman
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.25 inch
$1,600
Le petit pont de Central Park - série New York
Marianne Dencausse
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,120
Chiesa di Garnier - Bordighera
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$746
Colin Tennant, 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
$3,404
Britt Ekland, 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,015
Peggy Guggenheim,1978 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$4,015
Fan Mail Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$5,383
George Cameron - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,015
Dolores Guinness - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,699
CZ’s House 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$4,015
Harriet at Mougins - 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,015
Satin Seduction - 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,015
Capote At Home, Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,015
Equestrian Entrance 1957
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,884
La Salute, Venise
Percival Pernet
Painting - 72 x 92 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.3 x 36.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,258
Jet d'oiseaux sur Beaubourg
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$136
Matinée à Trastevere, Rome
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 26.5 x 38.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.4 x 15.2 x 0 inch
$153
The Moonlight in Prague
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 72 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$577
Place des peintres
Georges Corominas
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$12,723
L’aqueduc du Pont du Gard, matin
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$221
Architecture
Art and architecture share many similarities. They've influenced one another throughout history. However, trying to liken these two disciplines will inevitably lead to certain contractions.
Perhaps the biggest difference is that Art, in its broadest sense, is defined as a creation meant to trigger an emotional response which is generally related to aesthetic pleasure. It doesn't satisfy any of life's basic needs, but it leads to thoughts, reflections, and often taps into our subconscious and our memory. On the other hand, architecture's primary purpose is to shelter individuals and ensure their safety. Architecture is meant to serve a utilitarian purpose.
Today, architecture has gone far beyond this initial function. Architects have strived to combine engineering and aesthetic research to create buildings that are so out of the ordinary we wonder how they were designed. They want their creations to stand out and favour originality and creativity. Just like in arts, architecture is influenced by the historical, social, and political context of the time and each movement has its own characteristics, from baroque to futurism to Bauhaus. Modern architecture marked a turn in the history of architecture. Architects revolutionised the social scope of their discipline and took an industrialist approach to society and nature — avant-garde architects rubbed shoulders with artists such as Georges Braque, Piet Mondrian, and members of the De Stijl group. Le Corbusier is a pioneer in collective housing, and also took part in ambitious projects which aimed to rebuild entire cities, such as Chandigarh in India. Decorative arts also developed by taking inspiration from the conventions that governed modernist architecture.
Contemporary architecture might not be a specific movement per se, but buildings that fall into this category share certain attributes. Contemporary architecture is characterised by curvy lines and various volumes in a single structure, as seen with the Sydney Opera House. The architect Jørn Utzon explained that he didn't seek to create a building for this project, but an actual sculpture. The building continually renews itself with new meanings and experiences for each passerby. Architectural works often require periods of deep reflection and a long though process in order for the architect to envisage how to give their building a sense of character and soul.
Whether architecture is an art or not is a never ending debate, but it is undeniable that there are strong links between the two disciplines. There are many examples of collaborations between contemporary artists and architects, and today the works of the greatest architects are exhibited in museums along with their fellow artists.
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