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Lower tower
Mathieu Fournier
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$407
Upper Tower
Mathieu Fournier
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$407
Les colonnes de la Cathédrale Notre Dame de Kazan
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$452
Lycee Ampère/Old Town
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$452
1-Tour de France 2022, 13ème étape Bourg d'Oisan-Saint-Etienne. La côte de Saint Romain en Gal.
Jérémy Lempin
Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
$452
The gods must be crazy
Joyce Ling
Painting - 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$12,836
Sant'Anna in Camprena
Abel Bourgeois
Photography - 36 x 36 x 1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
$283
Papillons sur la Tour Eiffel
Iolanta Gondouin (Iola)
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$735
N° 982 Gaspard de la nuit.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 81 x 54 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 21.3 x 0.9 inch
$905
N° 602 La Commanderie 1.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.9 inch
$905
Calle Betis
Valérie Abadie
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 26 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch
$441
Notre-Dame de Paris
Peter Stilton
Painting - 90 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$11,196
Vidareiri
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$254
Nouveau départ
Xavier Dumoulin
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$3,845
Les docks de Port Barcarès.
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$675
Italie acqua dolce. Entre murs colorés et ruelles
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$677
Dans les ruelles de Monterosso. Cinque terre. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$675
Living rooms with pink walls
Michael Callas
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$23,000
Lumières lointaines
Théodora Vourvouri
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,863
regards vers les lointains
Mpcem
Sculpture - 55 x 26 x 26 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 inch
$3,166
Self-Portrait 24.04
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$271
Between the Stairwell
Kevin Frank
Painting - 57.15 x 76.2 x 6.35 cm Painting - 22.5 x 30 x 2.5 inch
$9,074
Searching for the sea
Galya Popova
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,866
La colada
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,838
Entre horas
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,838
La cité radieuse
Johannes Sivertsen
Painting - 46 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$4,637
Pont Alexandre 3 à Paris
Cyril Destrade
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 39 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15.4 inch
$1,074
La grande roue du Prater
Claude Gazier
Painting - 122 x 122 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.2 inch
$5,881
Aix et ses hôtels particuliers
Jean-Luc Celereau de Clercq
Print - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$396
Le Débarcadère
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 40 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,074
Projection on Sunset Pacific Motel, Los Angeles (large model)
Vincent Lamouroux
Sculpture - 55 x 55 x 55 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 21.7 x 21.7 inch
$8,482
Inside, Outside, Urban
Remi Delaplace
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,250 $1,800
Stargazing Girl
David Drebin
Photography - 105 x 155 x 3 cm Photography - 41.3 x 61 x 1.2 inch
$12,000
Campo San Polo
Vassilia Kouboulis
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$396
Notre-Dame de Paris N°1
Catherine Clare
Print - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,357 $1,086
An invitation to ascend
Daniel McKinley
Painting - 91.44 x 96.52 x 1 cm Painting - 36 x 38 x 0.4 inch
$21,487
Something about childhood
Liubou Sas
Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.6 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$995
Summer’s empty room
Tamalin Baumgarten
Painting - 45.72 x 71.12 x 5.08 cm Painting - 18 x 28 x 2 inch
$5,765
Harmonies Vénitiennes
Georges Corominas
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$13,458
New York Skyline
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
The Treasure
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 101.6 x 127 x 0.3 cm Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 inch
$8,000 $7,200
Moyka River St Petersburg
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$385
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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