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Cityscape -Modern Yerevan
Aram Movsisyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£166
Sunset waves
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 95.4 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 37.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
£844
Far West
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.2 inch
£1,111
Les couleurs de la nuit
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 70 x 105 x 5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 2 inch
£1,066
Confinement sans perspective
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
£889
Self-Portrait 20.127
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
£258
Self-Portrait 20.126
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
£258
Self-Portrait 20.112
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
£258
George Peabody Library II, Baltimore USA
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 158 x 127 x 2 cm Photography - 62.2 x 50 x 0.8 inch
£5,332
Tropical Space Hostal
Simon Vega
Photography - 51 x 76 x 4 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
£1,955
Cityscape - Modern Yerevan -2
Aram Movsisyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£166
Cityscape - Old Yerevan
Aram Movsisyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£199
Le grand port
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 43.5 x 62.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 17.1 x 24.6 x 0.2 inch
£1,794
Perspective seeing (perspektivisches Sehen)
Paul Verstraten
Painting - 90 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
£889
The moment when the goal was made the way (Der Moment indem das Ziel zum Weg gemacht wurde)
Paul Verstraten
Painting - 110 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 63 x 0.8 inch
£1,689
Port de pêche animé
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 50 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.2 inch
£1,803
Holiday. Eiffel Tower.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,044
Cambodia Mixed Media IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
£1,324
Ancient Asia XXII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£1,413
Ancient Asia XXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£1,413
Secrétariat à Chandigarh
Lucien Hervé
Photography - 26 x 26 x 0.2 cm Photography - 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch
£3,377
Les murs de Babel II - N°4
Gaël Darras
Fine Art Drawings - 83 x 48 cm Fine Art Drawings - 32.7 x 18.9 inch
£2,044
Nara in Blue, Japan
Alexandra Roddan
Painting - 65 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
£3,110
Maternité de Grozny, Tchétchénie
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
£2,222
Naples in Light Blue
Alexandra Roddan
Painting - 75 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£3,110
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Là-bas.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 33 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 8.7 x 0 inch
£178
Les cabanes sur la plage
Pierrette Dijonneau
Painting - 17 x 22 x 1 cm Painting - 6.7 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch
£258
Les cabanes sur la plage
Pierrette Dijonneau
Painting - 17 x 22 x 1 cm Painting - 6.7 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch
£258
2004 Paris Rue du Grenier sur l'eau
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 46 x 27 cm Painting - 18.1 x 10.6 inch
£6,665
1994 Paris Hôtel de l'Abbé Jean Brunet Rue d'Ecosse et de Lanneau
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 46 x 38 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 inch
£8,443
1985 Bruxelles Rue de Rollebeck A l'étrille du Vieux Bruxelles
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
£6,665
Twin Palms #2
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£311
Two Men of Letters - Schagl Abbey Library
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 159 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 62.6 x 0.8 inch
£5,332
Homenaje al Racionalismo
Renato Manzoni
Print - 120 x 60 x 1 cm Print - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£13,331
Milich'sche Library I, Görlitz
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 130 cm Photography - 50 x 51.2 inch
£5,332
The Cohen room, Oxford
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 146 x 127 x 2 cm Photography - 57.5 x 50 x 0.8 inch
£5,332
Teatro
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 125 x 125 cm Fine Art Drawings - 49.2 x 49.2 inch
£5,554
Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences, Görlitz
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 141 cm Photography - 50 x 55.5 inch
£5,332
Library of Congress IV, Washington
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 130 cm Photography - 50 x 51.2 inch
£5,332
Sainte Geneviève Library, Paris
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 151 cm Photography - 50 x 59.4 inch
£5,332
Library of the Abbey in Waldsassen, Bavaria
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 152 x 160 x 3 cm Photography - 59.8 x 63 x 1.2 inch
£7,199
Nature on the coast - Ravello Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£280
Seaside lookout - Amalfi Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£280
Pointview of the town - Positano Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£280
View of the Stacks - Capri Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£280
Terrace on the sea vertical - Amalfi Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£280
Seven eleven
Andrés Agustín Comastri
Painting - 85 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£4,399
View of the sea town - panoramic version Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£378
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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