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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First and First
Michael Grine
Fine Art Drawings - 45.7 x 61 x 1.9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 24 x 0.75 inch
$500
Disfrutando del paseo
Josep Teixido
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,392
Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$694
Ombre et lumière 7
Feng Hatat
Photography - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$694
Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$694
Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$578
Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$694
Ombre et lumière #5
Feng Hatat
Photography - 48 x 32 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch
$694
Ombre et lumière II
Feng Hatat
Photography - 48 x 32 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch
$578
Untitled. From The Durero Series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 99.8 x 162.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.3 x 64.1 x 0.1 inch
$5,500
Evening Beach, La Garoup, Antibes
Andrii Chebotaru
Painting - 80 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$6,400
Paris, Le Parc - Surface De Réparation - 2023
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$208
Chris Morin-Eitner - Paris, Panthéon
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$208
L'heure bleue à Venise
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$694
Bio center – station over the vine
Kaliya Ka
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$740
Rue Norvins Montmartre
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$751
Crépuscule aux Arènes 2
Raluca Vulcan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,005
Mémoire de JingDeZhen Village 7
Feng Hatat
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$694
Mémoire de JingDeZhen village 6
Feng Hatat
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$694
Mémoire de JingDeZhen Village 4
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$694
Mémoire de JingDeZhen Tour du four
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$694
Mémoire de JingDeZhen village YaoLi
Feng Hatat
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$694
Mémoire de JingDeZhen village II
Feng Hatat
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$694
Mémoire de JingDeZhen atelier II
Feng Hatat
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$694
JingDeZhen atelier I
Feng Hatat
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$578
Gaudí sculptures
Jason Pocklington
Photography - 64 x 44 x 1 cm Photography - 25.2 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch
$301
Night city. The way home
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$867
It's a nasty day
Yaroshevich Anastasia
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$763
Midnight walker
Marcus Cederberg
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$231
Memories of Sofia
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,214
Chris Morin-Eitner - Paris, Musée d'Orsay
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$208
The Blue Chimney
Elena Borstein
Painting - 132.1 x 188 x 4.1 cm Painting - 52 x 74 x 1.6 inch
$25,429
Paris, Eiffel Liberté
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$208
Harley Davidson rocket
Rémy Aillaud
Sculpture - 12.5 x 46 x 11 cm Sculpture - 4.9 x 18.1 x 4.3 inch
$2,884
Matière et couleurs de Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,618
Le Phare sur la Digue, 1908 | Promenade and Lighthouse, 1908
Léon Spilliaert
Print - 76 x 59 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.9 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$838
North Atlantic
Victor Roschkov
Painting - 54.6 x 34.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 21.5 x 13.5 x 0.1 inch
$553
Hotel in the City
Pavlenko Leonid
Painting - 95 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,503
Snow Covered Church
Pavlenko Leonid
Painting - 60 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,543
Abstract Skyscrapers
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$999 $850
Cloud services
Marcus Cederberg
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$231
Blue blue blue
Marcus Cederberg
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$231
Building in TaiKoo Hong Kong
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 76 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,935
Notre-Dame et bateau mouche
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,040
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
$925
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
$925
Cafe in the Favela
Barry Cawston
Photography - 90 x 69 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,907
Parisian Night Glow
Marco Barberio
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,884
Poolside Dreams
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
$5,941
Poolside Host
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
$5,941
Poolside Socialites
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
$5,941
Near the traffic light
Peter Tovpev
Painting - 63 x 91 x 2 cm Painting - 24.8 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch
$798
Evening Mont Saint Michel
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,600
Untitled. From The Durero Series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 80 x 119.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$3,800
Soft yellow window
Marcus Cederberg
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$231
New York City Silver
Marco Barberio
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,751
This is the season of the witch
Pol Ledent
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$809
Greek beach window
Marcus Cederberg
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$231
Hotel by the lake
Marcus Cederberg
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$231