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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Pink Motel

Jardin Majorelle III

Couleur Majorelle V

Cloudy Day

Brooklyn bridge

Paris, Triomphe du vivant

First and First

Disfrutando del paseo

Shakespeare

Echoes of silence

Evening Riomaggiore

Untitled. From The Durero Series

Evening Beach, La Garoup, Antibes

Chris Morin-Eitner - Paris, Montmartre

L'heure bleue à Venise

Blue roofs 22

Berlin V

Berlin IIII

Bio center – station over the vine

Rue Norvins Montmartre

Crépuscule aux Arènes 2

Mémoire de JingDeZhen Village 7

Mémoire de JingDeZhen village 6

Mémoire de JingDeZhen Village 4

Mémoire de JingDeZhen Tour du four

Mémoire de JingDeZhen village YaoLi

Mémoire de JingDeZhen village II

Mémoire de JingDeZhen atelier II

JingDeZhen atelier I

La tourné des gondoles. Venise

Passage sur cour marocaine

By the Bodhi Tree

Gaudí sculptures

Night city. The way home

Hollywood

City of Mariupol

Les joies de la baignade

Memories of Sofia

Paris, Le Parc - Surface De Réparation - 2023

Chris Morin-Eitner - Paris, Panthéon

Paris capital china 2075

Autumn Lviv

The Blue Chimney

Tower of Babel

November

Harley Davidson rocket

La Basilique sur la piazza San Marco

Architecture pont gondole. Venise

Gondolier sur le grand canal de Venise

Reflets de couleurs d architecture à Burano

Couleurs architectural. Burano 1

Pêcheur sur l ile de Burano. Italie

Port de Bastia. Corse

Eglise de Nonza. Cap Corse

Le Phare sur la Digue, 1908 | Promenade and Lighthouse, 1908

Composition 307

L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, by Day

L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, by Night

Abstract Skyscrapers

Sans titre 16

Notre-Dame et bateau mouche

Chris Morin-Eitner - Paris, Musée d'Orsay

Dianatempel

N° 998 La nausée

Paris, Eiffel Liberté

Desnos-Nerval 2001