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Trinity College Library - The Long Room IV
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 157 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 61.8 x 0.8 inch
£5,332
Saint Peter's Abbey Library
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 190 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
£7,199
Vie secrète
Guillaume Lachapelle
Sculpture - 15 x 12 x 11 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 4.7 x 4.3 inch
£2,322
Muse 1972 à la sculpture de granit à Mathausen
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£2,577
Seaside with flowers vertical version - Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£280
Small landscape - Village 1
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 15 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
£442
Beautiful girl
Gisela Gaffoglio
Painting - 148 x 185 x 3 cm Painting - 58.3 x 72.8 x 1.2 inch
£4,088
Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 115.3 x 150.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 45.4 x 59.1 x 2 inch
£5,391
Madrid, Gran Vía Otoño
Leticia Felgueroso
Photography - 120 x 200 cm Photography - 47.2 x 78.7 inch
£3,444
Vertigo - Photographie argentique - Paris
Jules Gorce
Photography - 20 x 30 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 inch
£622
Montmartre - La Fille en Jaune
Sylvie Schambill
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£400
Landscape with a Moon Jar
Mun-Hyun Cho
Fine Art Drawings - 130.3 x 162 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 51.3 x 63.8 x 0.1 inch
£13,331
Corridor chess
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 130 x 97 x 0.3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.1 inch
£2,213
Vies/Babel
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 186 x 120 x 120 cm Sculpture - 73.2 x 47.2 x 47.2 inch
£19,552
NYC, south Manhattan
Bruno Paget
Photography - 100 x 198 x 2.7 cm Photography - 39.4 x 78 x 1.1 inch
£6,221
Hôtel La palme d'or
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
£262 £132
Late Coffee, Route 66
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£311
Vista Las Palmas #1
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£311
September's Sun
Alexandr Kryushyn
Painting - 60 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£2,844
Golden Elegance : Tokyo Tower in the Night's Sonata
Hiro Ando
Painting - 180 x 144 x 3 cm Painting - 70.9 x 56.7 x 1.2 inch
£6,665
Samuraicat’s Nikon Nocturne : Shadows Captured
Hiro Ando
Painting - 140 x 93 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch
£4,621
BLUE LOVE IN SHINJUKU’S NIGHT SYMPHONY : NISHIKIGOI LULLABY
Hiro Ando
Painting - 180 x 84 x 5 cm Painting - 70.9 x 33.1 x 2 inch
£5,332
ALABASTER ELEGANCE AND CRIMSON ECHO : KOHAKU’S DANCE IN TOKYO’S NIGHT
Hiro Ando
Painting - 160 x 128 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 50.4 x 1.2 inch
£5,332
The Hidden Boat House
Rachael Dalzell
Painting - 110 x 140 x 6 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 2.4 inch
£4,950
Calle azul en NY
Alejandro Quincoces
Painting - 96 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 37.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£11,242
Una calle gris
Alejandro Quincoces
Painting - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
£9,189
Ensemble C'Est Tout
Juliette Lamarca
Painting - 140 x 210 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 82.7 x 0.8 inch
£6,221
Structure métal II
Delphine Brabant
Sculpture - 25 x 42 x 24 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 16.5 x 9.4 inch
£2,044
Babylone, Berceau des Impudiques
Marc Brousse
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
£4,621
Dancing Lights
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 96.5 x 147.3 x 3.3 cm Photography - 38 x 58 x 1.3 inch
£4,334
Places des Fêtes, Paris (Bus 60)
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
£159
Geometric Contact
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
£2,488
Have Some Skittles
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
£2,488
In memory of George Orwell
Michel Tabanou
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£266
Avignon Castle
Alexandr Reznichenko
Painting - 130 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£5,332
Rest of the Plastic Swans
Eleonora Drumeva
Painting - 60 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
£2,346
View of an office building
Jason DeBose
Photography - 83 x 58 x 2 cm Photography - 32.7 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch
£1,955
Carnaval de Venise. Les amoureux 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Carnaval de Venise. Miroir mon beau miroir
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,244
Touareg. Ouarzazate. Maroc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155 £982
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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