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Urbain brutalisme - Photographie digigraphie (1) (7)
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$283
Urbain brutalisme - Photographie digigraphie (1) (1)
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$283
Sunset Over The Old Town
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$192
City Roofs (d'après Edward Hopper)
Edward Hopper
Design - 80.5 x 61.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 24.2 x 0.5 inch
$735
Travelling to St Ives
Janet Gough
Painting - 49 x 49 x 4 cm Painting - 19.3 x 19.3 x 1.6 inch
$2,052
Divergent paths #3
Christian Culver
Painting - 86.4 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 34 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,450
Note Fugi
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,262
118
Jérôme Mesnager & Artiste Ouvrier
Painting - 88 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 34.6 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$4,524
La pointe courte
Claude Cruells
Photography - 80 x 60 x 6 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 2.4 inch
$746
Dripping Sacré Keur
Brusk (DMV)
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$19,225
A côté du chemin de fer
Henry Meylan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$744
Le conte du papillon - Memento mori 1
Céline Achour
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,771
Bugatti Spirit
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,166
Growing in the Wrong Place
Claire Smith
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,118
Rock and roller
Adam Regan
Photography - 100.1 x 150.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,035
La salle d'attente
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 90 x 190 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,220
Natation sur cyclo
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 90 x 190 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,220
Marée haute
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 90 x 190 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,220
Memory - Autumn landscape
Mitko Dimitrov
Painting - 40 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,244
La place du Molard animée, Genève
Sergio Cecchi
Painting - 81 x 60.5 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,659
Habitación 3
Alejandra Leon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Habitación 1
Alejandra Leon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Oranges over Table
Alejandra Leon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Mucho más que un techo. Casa Batlló
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$2,036
Casa Batlló
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$2,262
S/T. Serie, La Habana 500 detalles (4)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,244
S/T. Serie, La Habana 500 detalles (3)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,244
S/T. Serie, Habana 500 detalles (1)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,244
Acreción Ascendente
Javier Toro Blum
Sculpture - 130 x 100 x 12 cm Sculpture - 51.2 x 39.4 x 4.7 inch
$11,309
The Citizens - 09
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 53 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,244 $1,057
The Citizens - 10
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 53 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,244
The Citizens - 11
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 50 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,357 $1,154
Jean-Paul Belmondo à Venise, Italie
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$905
Korean dreams, North Korea 2
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,244
The Woman of the Sea
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 42.87 x 51 cm Photography - 16.9 x 20.1 inch
$1,131
Scratched Records
James Fink
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 0.6 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.25 inch
$950
Travaux dans la rue
Henry Meylan
Painting - 100.5 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,059
Mini golf animé au parc Château Banquet à Genève
Sergio Cecchi
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,602
1990 Paris Au coin de la Rue Valette Quartier Latin
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 28 x 18 cm Print - 11 x 7.1 inch
$1,414
1985 Montmartre Rue du Chevalier de La Barre
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 64.5 x 49 cm Print - 25.4 x 19.3 inch
$848
Lagomorphe
Anne Juliette Deschamps
Sculpture - 22 x 12 x 15 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 4.7 x 5.9 inch
$3,393
Unmasked II
Ofobuike Okudoh
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$3,280
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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