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Ombre et lumière 7
Feng Hatat
Photography - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$671
Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$671
Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$559
Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$671
Ombre et lumière I
Feng Hatat
Photography - 48 x 32 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch
$559
Ombre et lumière II
Feng Hatat
Photography - 48 x 32 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch
$559
L'heure bleue à Venise
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$671
Obey Broadcasting (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$280
Série Landscape Sketch - 54
Li Dongfeng
Painting - 40 x 28 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$839
Saint Félix de Lauragais au début de l 'Automne
André Lac
Painting - 46 x 55 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 inch
$1,409
Espace magique
Pedro Moreno Linares
Sculpture - 26 x 16 x 16 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 6.3 x 6.3 inch
$1,096
And There Is Thinking Over Something
Eleonora Drumeva
Painting - 90 x 102 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
Façades blanches en Suède
Agnès Cellérier
Painting - 60 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,146
Le Rempart de Saint Paul
Véronique Vadon
Painting - 46 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,539
Poissons chats
Paule Bernard Roussel
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,678
Marché à Saint Felix de Lauragais
André Lac
Painting - 46 x 55 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 inch
$1,409
Breakthrough III, Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Madonna Phillips
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 inch
$4,600
Half Hours in the Far East
Adele Moreau
Sculpture - 45.5 x 40.5 x 8 cm Sculpture - 17.9 x 15.9 x 3.1 inch
$993
Vent porteur
Gwenaël Bollinger
Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$872
Moon City Lacquer on Wood
Nguyen Xuan Anh
Painting - 198.1 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 78 x 39 x 2 inch
$7,500
Rise and Climb
Madonna Phillips
Painting - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$17,500
Une vie sinon rien
Alexandre Mijatovic
Sculpture - 70 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$5,033
Île Grecque de Santorin
Maria Raytcheva
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
The Citizens - 11
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 50 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,342 $1,208
Nuit sur NY
Nelson Fabiano
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,592 $5,033
Le bureau
Mathilde de Bellecombe
Painting - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,796
Couloir d'yeux
Jean-Luc Parant
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
$2,796
Els petits detalls. Institut Pere Mata
Coia Ibañez
Painting - 33.5 x 19 cm Painting - 13.2 x 7.5 inch
$587
Balconada de la casa Rull, Reus
Coia Ibañez
Painting - 33.5 x 27.5 cm Painting - 13.2 x 10.8 inch
$671
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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