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Architecture II
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 102 x 152 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40.2 x 59.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,917
Top agent Riviera luxury real estate - La meilleure agent immobilier de luxe de la Côte d'Azur
Frank Eric Zeidler
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$247
The little park where I waited every day - Le petit parc où j'attendais chaque jour
Frank Eric Zeidler
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$247
She sure knows how to keep them waiting - On peut dire qu'elle sait se faire attendre
Frank Eric Zeidler
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$247
The one room hotel - L'hôtel qui n'avait qu'une chambre
Frank Eric Zeidler
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$247
House in the wilderness
One KBCA
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.101 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$404
Glass House
Tanner Rhines
Fine Art Drawings - 75.2 x 101.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.6 x 40 inch
$33,657
Rue arrosée (d'après une photo de Vivian Maier)
Barthélémy Amoros
Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.9 x 3.5 inch
$449
Terrasse à Madrid
Claude Gazier
Painting - 102 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,497
Débris de Justice - Bâtiment administratif, cage d’escalier, 1er étage
Antoine Tempé
Photography - 90 x 90 x 4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,927
Fluorescent landscape
John Andreas Godwin
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$443
New York. Taxi jaune et les twin towers. Amérique du Nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,458
Escaliers de Montmartre
Bernadette Broussal
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$449
Perspective avec voitures
Bernadette Broussal
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$449
Etna
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 130 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 51.2 x 39.4 inch
$3,366
Burn-out au paradis.
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 60 x 51 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch
$898
LE CARRÉ VICTORIA (blanc)
Steddy John
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 6 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 2.4 inch
$168
Kimono
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 135 x 77 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 53.1 x 30.3 x 0 inch
$3,366
Camargue "Isolare"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$954
Camargue "Blue Bus"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$954
Inn with walker in the snow...
Rob van Assen
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,973
Fight for terrtory
Amarnath Sharma
Painting - 121.92 x 152.4 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1.2 inch
$3,728
Camargue "Isolare"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$954
Grèce Cap Sounion Couple
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 55 x 70 cm Photography - 21.7 x 27.6 inch
$954
Marrakech - Donjon
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$954
Gwada #8 - Street
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$954
The attic stairs...
John Wassenaar
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,927
Eiffel Tower "The ladys"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$954
Holiday. Eiffel Tower.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,580
Projection on Sunset Pacific Motel (small model)
Vincent Lamouroux
Sculpture - 24 x 24 x 24 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 9.4 x 9.4 inch
$3,590
La sardinerie de Douarnenez
Lionel le Jeune
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$561
Grand hotel Budapest
Alexandar Inchovski
Painting - 117 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 46.1 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$16,828
Paris, j'adore! with the Eiffel Tower
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 x 2 cm Painting - 10 x 8 x 0.8 inch
$491
Mystical Gothic Quarter. Barcelona
Dmitry Savchenko
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$2,356
View of Rijnsburg...
Leo van den Ende
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$3,366
View of Lisse...
Leo van den Ende
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$5,049
Bulb fields Lisse...
Leo van den Ende
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$3,366
Les amoureux du château Canon - ref BDNW11483
Janie Michels
Painting - 60 x 73 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch
$5,553
Trouville, le balcon - ref BDNW11481
Janie Michels
Painting - 100 x 73 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,432
Ma chambre à Etretat - ref BDNW11478
Janie Michels
Painting - 100 x 73 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,432
Habitación de hotel
Jose Ramón Campomanes
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$505
Contemplation interrogative
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,468
Abstraction urbaine 3 (2)
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,468
Abstraction urbaine 2 (1)
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,468
Reservoir (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$617
Exodus (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$617
Exodus (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$617
Exodus (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$617
Exodus (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50.5 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.9 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$617
Urbanisation
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$841
Los Albaricoques
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$841
To Love Again
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.9 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.75 inch
$1,800
Window Light
Tamalin Baumgarten
Painting - 30.48 x 40.64 x 3.81 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 1.5 inch
$2,960
Portal - Shadows are blue
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 21.5 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.5 x 8.5 x 0 inch
$505
Vue sur la Placette de Sigoyer
Eleanor Quellien
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$178
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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