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At The Golden Gate
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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The Watermill Of Autumn
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 90 x 63 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 24.8 x 0.8 inch
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La Cathédrale de Metz
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 10.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 4.3 inch
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Le Grenier de Chèvremont, Metz
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16.2 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.4 x 3.9 inch
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MANHATTAN TUTTI COLORS
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
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Sans titre
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Print - 50 x 34.9 x 0.02 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.7 x 0 inch
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Full Moon
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Vue du Musée d'Art Moderne
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Rue de l'Abreuvoir
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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I Silenzi del Canale (Venice)
Alex Bertaina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Train de nuit #14
Philippe Saucourt
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Leonard Dalsemer - 1974 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
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Hear from one ear
Harouna Ouedraogo
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
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Perspective du bassin
Agnès Tiollier
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.25 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
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Sunbathing At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
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Coucher de soleil sur les toits de Paris
Vianney
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Lighthouse Keeper
Mark Jeffrey Weiss
Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 2 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.8 inch
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The Softness Of Prague’s Morning
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 80 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
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Le gondolier, Venise
André Hambourg
Painting - 37.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14.8 x 10.8 x 0 inch
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Sans titre - série mer et phares
Alain Abramatic
Painting - 55 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch
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John Dayton Distillery
Jean-Baptiste Delarue
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Voyageur du temps
Edmond Li Bellefroid
Painting - 46 x 55.5 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.9 x 0.8 inch
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Alexandre sous la neige
Eric Turlot
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
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Lilas sous la Fenêtre
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
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La vie en rose
Jean-Baptiste Delarue
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
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"Colonne d'eau" abstrait vernis pigments masquage sur plaque de bois 280x75x75x75cm
Olivier Ebel
Painting - 280 x 75 x 75 cm Painting - 110.2 x 29.5 x 29.5 inch
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Brutalist Architecture & Mountain Desert
Marion Sagon
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
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Sans titre
Raymond Moretti
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
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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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