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Le promenade au parc
Lise Le Cœur
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,018
Le Quai de Seine à Paris - série bords de Seine
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$325
A Scenic View of a Quiet Stream at the Foot of Melawati Hills
Jess Hon
Photography - 41 x 31 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 12.2 x 0 inch
$1,345
Provencale No.13
Pascal Plazanet
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$1,570
Death of my Friend
George Maskharashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 72 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 28.3 x 0 inch
$2,018
Le Moulin de la Galette
Élisée Maclet
Painting - 21.5 x 16.5 x 2 cm Painting - 8.5 x 6.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,009
Le carré Victoria (Terracotta)
Steddy John
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 6 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 2.4 inch
$168
The classroom
Magnus Wahman
Photography - 40 x 73 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,345
L'étoile aux Champs
Simon Pradinas
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,256
TAIWAN MUSEUM 1980 Tradition
Liu Yang Jer
Print - 45 x 62.5 x 0.5 cm Print - 17.7 x 24.6 x 0.2 inch
$902
Vintage Plate from the Series of Church Domes Cupole d'Italia
Piero Fornasetti
Design - 24.5 x 24.5 x 2.5 cm Design - 9.6 x 9.6 x 1 inch
$1,121
Mont Saint Michel 1963 Saint Michael Mount
Gilbert L'Héritier
Painting - 12 x 16 cm Painting - 4.7 x 6.3 inch
$1,177
Le chemin de cailloux blancs
Jacques Loiseau
Painting - 50 x 61 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 2 inch
$1,614
Ciudad Maquina No.21 (Machine City No,21)
Abisay Puentes
Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$920
Chemin des remparts
Bogdan Kotewicz
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$919
Hello Father Christmas
Alain Godon
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$42,602
Paris, vue sur les jardins de la Tour Eiffel
Georges Yoldjoglou
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
Venise le Grand Canal
Daniel Chamaillard
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,345
La tour Eiffel voit rouge
Jean-Léonard Polo
Photography - 178 x 126 cm Photography - 70.1 x 49.6 inch
$897
Centre de Pyongyang
Didier Bizet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,345
Ano Syra-Bougainvillea
Andrzej Borowski
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,186
White Petals, Singapour
Carol Aplogan
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,682
Rue Norvin vue sur la Basilique du Sacré Coeur, Montmartre
Luigi Corbellini
Painting - 60 x 48 x 0.3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,626
Visione Veneziana
Pino Pessina Da Castanedo
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,684
Les Toits De Sozopol
Alina Khrapchynska
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,186
Intérieur du XIXe
Herman Moller
Painting - 44 x 60 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.3 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,045
Paysage animé à Ischia
Mario Cortiello
Painting - 19.5 x 25.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 7.7 x 10 x 0.2 inch
$1,068
Baie de Naples et pêcheurs
Scognamiglio
Painting - 24 x 27.5 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 10.8 x 0.8 inch
$778
Firenze Cortile del Bargello
Enrico Bianchini
Painting - 41 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,044
En gare de Satigny, Genève
Philippe Zysset
Painting - 73 x 91.7 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,428
Amsterdam Ornament
Lyubena Fox
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 25 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Guggenheim en Bilbao
Rosa Susaeta
Painting - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,018
The Great Vibes Off Castreccioni
Doc. LP
Print - 48 x 63.5 x 1 cm Print - 18.9 x 25 x 0.4 inch
$1,009
Yeni Cami (nouvelle mosquée)
Serge Salis
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 49 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
$897
Covid à Sète, une spaghettade sétoise
Topolino
Print - 50 x 38.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.2 x 0.1 inch
$146
Saint Genevieve Library Paris
Richard Silver
Photography - 100 x 150 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 inch
$2,018
Oriental Bathroom
Alexander Sergheev
Painting - 24 x 19 x 1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,457
Superb Game
Paolo Giorsetti
Fine Art Drawings - 15.5 x 14.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.1 x 5.7 x 0.1 inch
$650
Hollands Canal Face with Figs
Gerard Diepeveen
Painting - 35 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$617
View of the Forum Romanum
Luigi Tarra
Painting - 37.2 x 37.5 x 0.2 cm Painting - 14.6 x 14.8 x 0.1 inch
$841
Gateway to silver sands
Camassia Bruce
Painting - 40 x 40 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$1,009
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,513
Maisons Saint-Gué 008
Marion Zylberman
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 45 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 17.7 inch
$1,614
Architecture
Bernadette Broussal
Painting - 73 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,065
L'art du futur
Alain Husson-Dumoutier
Painting - 98 x 72 x 1 cm Painting - 38.6 x 28.3 x 0.4 inch
$10,056
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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