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Le Carlton, Festival de Cannes
Hippolyte Romain
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 9.3 inch
£357
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
£2,233
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
£2,233
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
£2,233
Mont Saint Michel France
Elena Georgieva
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,188
Yahoo data center, Lockport, New York
Jarik Jongman
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 4.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
£4,188
Alibaba data center, Qiandao Lake, Zhejiang, China
Jarik Jongman
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 4.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
£4,188
Les trois ponts
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 20 x 38 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 15 x 0.1 inch
£447
Architecture I
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 102 x 152 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40.2 x 59.8 x 0.2 inch
£2,322
The St Pauls Soft Shoe Shuffle
Adam de Ville
Painting - 95 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 37.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,500
Labor
One KBCA
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.8 x 0.101 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
£472
Vue de New York
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 30 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£715
Entrée de Presbytère
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£715
Kyoto station
Stephen Mitchell
Painting - 105.9 x 105.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 41.7 x 41.7 x 0.1 inch
£1,885
Arquitecturas espaciales IX
José Fernández Morán
Painting - 48 x 67 cm Painting - 18.9 x 26.4 inch
£335
Façade ensoleillée
Samuel Azuelos
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
£7,592
Notre Dame de Paris - Paris 1967
Michel Hosszù
Print - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£250 £125
Sell from here - New York 1964
Michel Hosszù
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£250
Parking with cars - New York 1964
Michel Hosszù
Print - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£250
Hygrades - New York 1964
Michel Hosszù
Print - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£250 £125
Garbage cans - New York 1964
Michel Hosszù
Print - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£250
Mur pastel du Maroc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£983
1973 Geometrical Tension Extrême 2 Extrême Tension 2
Roger-François Thépot
Painting - 38 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 15 x 15 x 0.4 inch
£4,421
Deconstructed Beauty - Belvedere Palace
Magda Von Hanau
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
£3,317
Disque de frein. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,251
Atlas et Kasbah. Maroc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,161
Berlin Spreeblick, Oberbaumbrücke
Frank Suplie
Painting - 110 x 135 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 53.1 x 1.6 inch
£13,577
Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie, Wellengang
Frank Suplie
Painting - 110 x 135 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 53.1 x 1.6 inch
£13,577
Venice-where love live
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£223
New York City. Brooklyn bridge
Schagen Vita
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
£3,573
Pékin 244
Joseba Sánchez Zabaleta
Painting - 87 x 244 x 3 cm Painting - 34.3 x 96.1 x 1.2 inch
£19,651
Sinfonia La Siempre Habana
Luis Miguel Valdes
Painting - 300 x 1000 x 0.3 cm Painting - 118.1 x 393.7 x 0.1 inch
£107,815
Le Loing, matin d’été
Pierre Eychart
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£4,466
Miami Beach #2 (10)
Andy Sweet
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£2,412
Me Against the World
George Maskharashvili
Painting - 134 x 185 x 3 cm Painting - 52.8 x 72.8 x 1.2 inch
£9,468
Le Passage de Bastia - Corse
Nathalie Lemaître
Painting - 195 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
£4,913
La passerelle
Georges Laporte
Fine Art Drawings - 37 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.6 x 9.3 inch
£313
La chapelle
Georges Laporte
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 26 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 10.2 inch
£313
Ruelle ombragée
Georges Laporte
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 9.4 inch
£313
Architecture pont gondole. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,251
La piazza San Marco. Venise 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,251
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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