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Charles Pétillon
Photography - 60 x 84 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 33.1 x 0.4 inch
$4,474
Uomini e Cappelli, 1955 - New York
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 60 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,845
Textura Base (Framed)
Rodrigo Spinel
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$600
Le carrefour de la Goutte d'or, Paris
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,118
100th Anniversary Celebration Coffret # 11 - Hong Kong 1956 - Tiré à part # 1
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 42 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,443
De Gaulle et la grande réconciliation Franco Allemande.
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$895
Promenade Parisienne
Jean-Baptiste Delarue
Print - 52 x 74 x 2 cm Print - 20.5 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
$783
Poolside In Sotogrande - 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$3,971
Le phare maître joueur des vagues - Paysage marin de la Nouvelle Calédonie
Caroline Degroiselle
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch
$1,051
Karmaliuk’s Tower
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
Spring behind the fence
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 45 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,901
Before the Storm (Old Fortress)
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
Mediterranean House
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
The tower /Fall winter 2006 Le Grand Palais Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 150 x 250 x 5 cm Photography - 59.1 x 98.4 x 2 inch
$24,606
Autumn in the village
Mateos Sargsyan
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$900
Landscape with a Barrel
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
An interior by Joseph Dirand
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$800
Don't worry, Spring will come (...April in Paris)
Max Baris
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$6,040
Ice Bar - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
$3,892
NY Apartments - 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
$3,367
Le Notti Lyriche di Capri
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 106 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 41.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$7,829
Poolside Ladies
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$3,467
Rio de San Travaso - Venise et son architecture
Lucien Dufour
Painting - 93 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.6 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,097
Le pont Alexandre III - Paris et son architecture
Lucien Dufour
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,097
Enfilade de roches - Paysage
Michel Charlier-Haldorf
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Ancrage - Paysage et Architecture
Michel Charlier-Haldorf
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Emirates Palace Royal Entrance Gates
Anthony Horth
Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.2 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$1,150
Marché à Saint Felix de Lauragais
André Lac
Painting - 46 x 55 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 inch
$1,409
Eglise romane et château cathare de Lordat
André Lac
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,186
Blue House Totem
Michel Tabanou
Painting - 32.5 x 26 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.8 x 10.25 x 0.1 inch
$895
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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