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The Back of Notre-Dame
Samiran Boruah
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£267
Moi au Moma
Franck H Perrot
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 76 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 29.9 inch
£355
Beautiful Street of New York
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
£6,635
Vatican City
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.1 inch
£5,391
Gorgeous scene
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
£4,976
Splashy Scene
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
£4,976
Ravishing spot
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
£4,976
ROMAN COLOSSEUM.
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.1 inch
£5,391
City of bridges
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 63.5 x 114.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 25 x 45 x 0.1 inch
£4,976
A Beauty Of Amsterdam
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch
£5,332
Man At The Window
Jordana Ozier Lafontaine
Photography - 30 x 20 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
£231
Township home #02
José Luis Lopez Lara
Sculpture - 16 x 10.5 x 17.2 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 4.1 x 6.8 inch
£222
La lumière prend place dans les murs
Michel Bianconi
Painting - 140 x 210 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 82.7 x 1.2 inch
£8,888
Hidden Katherine
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£200
Béton palavasien n°2
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£667
Salle de bain astrale
Camille Adra
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch
£5,243
Le partage du Midi
Ksenia Milicevic
Painting - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£4,799
Art d'être IV
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.04 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£711
Catharsis n°2
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
£133
Béton palavasien n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£400
Bleu ( portrait )
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.04 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£622
Houghton Hall
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
£1,866
Sur une ligne d'elle
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 20 x 31 x 20 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 12.2 x 7.9 inch
£3,154
La parade de la tentation
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
£1,333
Summer In Monaco - 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
£3,155
Plantation Cocoyer - 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
£3,155
La chute d'Icare
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
£889
Fenêtre sur elle
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£702
L.A. Modern life
Fabien Novarino
Photography - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£880
SENSUAL DOLLS IN CUBIC HARMONY : AZURE TEMPTATIONS
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 50 x 50 x 50 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£4,444
De divines taches de peintures se révèlent en un divin art pris sur peau de banane jaunie
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 5.9 inch
£1,066
She'll send you thousands of sheeps to count at night
Gabrielle Rul
Painting - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
£711
Reconnaissance
Maximilien Diaz
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
£711
Knole House Statue
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
£564
Cheminements lunaires 3
Michèle Magnien (Mileg)
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£613
Premonition of the Apocalypse
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.1 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.04 inch
£3,732 £3,172
Homme sous moustiquaire
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 43 x 28 x 1 cm Photography - 16.9 x 11 x 0.4 inch
£622
Il balcone vista al mare
Daiane Soares
Photography - 70 x 100 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
£1,600
Les colonnes n°2
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£444 £400
Variations sur béton n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£444
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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