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Everything is Going to be Alright (Work No. 3531)
Martin Creed
Print - 29.8 x 41.9 cm Print - 11.75 x 16.5 inch
$3,500
Nonoalco, Reflejos del mundo
Joseba Sánchez Zabaleta
Painting - 140 x 159 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 62.6 x 1.2 inch
$24,896
Cour intérieure
José Roca-Sastre
Print - 141.5 x 80.8 x 0.5 cm Print - 55.7 x 31.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,236
Autumn Sun, Walkers
Ellen Bradshaw
Painting - 55.9 x 71.1 x 2 cm Painting - 22 x 28 x 0.8 inch
$4,200
Les Jardins du Trocadéro
Rodykka
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch
$10,750
Rainbow warrior
Alexandre ALLOUL
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$962
Paris, Hotel de Ville
Patrick Pietropoli
Painting - 40.6 x 81.3 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 32 x 1.5 inch
$5,000
Rue du Pot de Fer, Vieux Paris
Fritz Strebel
Painting - 73 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,331
Venise 1989 Venice
Pascale Courbot
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$6,733
Landscape
Myriam Bering
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$453
Chaise architecturale
Francesco Marino Di Teana
Design - 42 x 44 x 99 cm Design - 16.5 x 17.3 x 39 inch
$6,790
Bourj Hammoud cityscape
Maral Der Boghossian
Photography - 30 x 120 cm Photography - 11.8 x 47.2 inch
$2,206
Chartres dans les colzas
Michel Maly
Painting - 31 x 45 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
$47,899
Impression of Reality
Egle Karpaviciute
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$5,545
Atlantis theatro
Dimitri Bourriau
Photography - 100 x 150 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$4,549
Paris Quai de Grenelle 2
Didier Fournet
Photography - 130 x 180 x 5 cm Photography - 51.2 x 70.9 x 2 inch
$9,393
Sous Sol de París. 1977-1999
Gordon Matta-Clark
Photography - 59.7 x 49.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.5 x 19.5 x 0 inch
$9,619
X-Y Building Facade Op.6, No.2
Is Wang
Photography - 120 x 48 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 18.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,829
Congregations Beth Hamedrash and Holche Josher Wizaner, Manhattan/NYC
Petra Wunderlich
Photography - 60 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$9,393
The Taj Mahal At Agra
Victoria and Albert Museum
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$509
Looking down from Golden Gate Bridge
Timothy Mulligan
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$3,000
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Robert Bubel
Painting - 90 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$3,169
'Interior Of The Mosque Of Ibn Tulun'
Émile Béchard
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$459
Production Still (Oak Street 02)
Gregory Crewdson
Photography - 55.9 x 43.2 cm Photography - 22 x 17 inch
$6,563
Ronds mécaniques
Bruno Rigolle
Painting - 110 x 80 x 0.001 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,132
Sagalassos Funtain
Vincenzo Bizzarri
Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$226
Una articolo indeterminativo - chaise longue
Stefano Marolla
Design - 86 x 225 x 85 cm Design - 33.9 x 88.6 x 33.5 inch
$22,067
Greeting from Paris
Milena Jovicevic
Photography - 32 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$396
Village de montagne
René Samuel Beguin
Painting - 54.5 x 42 x 2 cm Painting - 21.5 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,441
Mazots à Zermatt
Edmond Bornand
Painting - 29 x 39.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 15.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,270
Cimetière de Monmartre
Jean-Pierre Laurent
Print - 75.5 x 55 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.7 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$204
Metropolis Ostrich 2
Yu Zhaoyang
Photography - 43.5 x 32.5 x 3 cm Photography - 17.1 x 12.8 x 1.2 inch
$419
Falsaciones del triangulo de Penrose 14
Josep Molins
Print - 68 x 50 cm Print - 26.8 x 19.7 inch
$283 $255
Luminaire petite roue de moulin
Jean Bernard dit Berny
Sculpture - 29 x 23 x 13 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 9.1 x 5.1 inch
$419
Plymouth Gin Distillery, the Barbican Plymouth
James Presley
Painting - 23.1 x 31 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.1 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
$334
Three girls on the grass road
Arie Smit
Painting - 28 x 30.5 x 3 cm Painting - 11 x 12 x 1.2 inch
$7,000
Turning Prayer Wheels
Katherine Van Uytrecht
Print - 24 x 20 x 1 cm Print - 9.4 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$220
The Meeting -15-02-22
Corné Akkers
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$6,721
Peaceful Village
Shellie Garber
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$2,100
The splendor of benares
Samir Paul
Painting - 91.5 x 106.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 36 x 42 x 0 inch
$8,532
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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