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Jet d'oiseaux sur Beaubourg
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
£107
Allied Chemical Tower, Packed, Project for No. 1 Times Square
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 71.1 x 55.9 cm Print - 28 x 22 inch
£3,732
Programme 1
Richard Caldicott
Photography - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£3,126
Automn leaves shining over cupolas
Maylis Bourdet
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
£1,572
Ohne Titel / without title
Gerd Kanz
Sculpture - 20 x 20 x 4 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch
£804
Jaffa Flea Market At Noon
Dondi Schwartz
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
£536
Modern indifference
Lukasz Zalucki
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,161
Gaia and the forest wanderer
Lukasz Zalucki
Painting - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,429
April nocturne. The last snow melts
Aleksandr Petelin
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£964
Abstraction urbaine 1
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
£1,965
The door is still open
Vava Venezia
Photography - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
£1,340
End of the Ride
Vava Venezia
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
£1,072
Paris, Eiffel Flamant Rose
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
£241
Angels over the city
Svetla Koseva
Painting - 65 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,340
Urbain typographie - Photographie digigraphie
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
£134
Pueblo de Adobes
Josefa Sanz del Amo
Painting - 65 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 13.8 x 0 inch
£1,697
Pueblo blanco
Josefa Sanz del Amo
Painting - 75 x 27.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 10.8 x 0 inch
£1,697
Les chasseurs chez Billy
Georges Darel
Painting - 73 x 91.5 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36 x 0.8 inch
£888
Charlatan
Nicola Simbari
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.1 x 0 inch
£536
Paysage animé en bord de Seine
Georges Darel
Painting - 54 x 63 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 24.8 x 0.8 inch
£723
1968 Orange and green Parasols orange et vert
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 32.5 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.8 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
£1,742
L'allée de cyprès
Andrée De Frémont
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£2,903
Washing lines
Barry Cawston
Photography - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£2,350
L'Usine à Châtelaine
Alexandre Rochat
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
£604
Le bureau
Mathilde de Bellecombe
Painting - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£2,233
Ponte Vecchio
Janice Alamanou
Photography - 48.5 x 64.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.1 x 25.4 x 0.1 inch
£1,608
Sortie d’école, Kampala, Ouganda
Frédéric Noy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£1,072
The dog by the garage
Magnus Wahman
Photography - 40 x 73 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch
£1,072
Apaemée, grande colonnade de torsadée
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
£1,072
Palmyre, temple de Bél
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
£1,072
Palmyre, bas relief au pied du temple de Bêl
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 50 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
£893
Palmyre, Temple funéraire
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
£893
Damas, mosquée des Omeyyades (cours)
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
£893
Damas, Mosquée des Omeyyades
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 50 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
£893
Palmyre, petit temple funéraire et château Qalat Ibn Maan
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
£893
Alep, la citadelle (murs)
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
£893
Palmyre, arc monumental
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
£893
Palmyre, temple de Bel
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 50 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
£893
Palmyre, Grande colonnade
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 50 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
£893
Arc de triomphe du Carrousel Paris impressionism
Gav Banns
Painting - 33 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13 x 16 x 0.1 inch
£731
Le retour du Capitaine Nemo - Tour Perret
François Schuiten
Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
£98
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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