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Huelva 2
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
£677
Drops of Diamonds
Cheraine Collette
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£5,359
Golden Ratio
Cheraine Collette
Photography - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£5,359
Esculape et Medicis
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 55 x 55 x 0.1 cm Photography - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0 inch
£715
Paris, Hotel des Saint Pères
Filippo De Pisis
Painting - 54 x 37 x 1 cm Painting - 21.3 x 14.6 x 0.4 inch
£42,875
Paris in Las Vegas
Jarmila Kostliva
Photography - 79 x 51 x 0.2 cm Photography - 31.1 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch
£498
Christmas: A warm touch in the snow
Ziad Dib Jreige
Painting - 7 x 7 cm Painting - 2.8 x 2.8 inch
£358
2020 le confinement
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£3,484
Enjoy Spring
Jia Yuan Hua
Painting - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
£6,253 £5,315
Rhapsody in Blue n.2, New York, New York
Alejandro Cerutti
Photography - 61 x 76.2 cm Photography - 24 x 30 inch
£1,078
Bright Snow on the West Mountain
Jia Yuan Hua
Painting - 50 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
£5,002 £4,252
It is like Constructing a Cathedral
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
£438 £219
Structural Beauty
Alexander Benz
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£411
Frozen
Audrey Rouvin
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
£313
Il était une Foiscra
Audrey Rouvin
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£313
Collonges La Rouge
Audrey Rouvin
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
£268
Atmosphère d'Automne
Audrey Rouvin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 14.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.8 x 0 inch
£107
Amarrage
Audrey Rouvin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 14.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.8 x 0 inch
£107
Marble House
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£536
Going to nowhere n 35
Gianni Colangelo
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,680
Going to nowhere n 29
Gianni Colangelo
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,680
New Futuristic Amsterdam
Maria Luisa Azzini
Print - 14.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 cm Print - 5.7 x 7.8 x 0.1 inch
£84
Les Couloirs de la Nasa
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£267 £134
The aviator
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch
£267 £134
Untitled Morocco 77
Ziad Naitaddi
Photography - 30 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£983
Panorama of Gorokhovets
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£10,486
Dialogue 06
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,072
Dialogue 02
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£1,072
Dream City Prague- Charles Bridge
Sona Adalyan
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3.4 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.3 inch
£259
Havana Facades
Manuel Perez Marrero
Painting - 117 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 46.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£3,573
Motovun. Istra. Croatia
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£12,059
La Colombe et le chat
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch
£267
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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