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La Venise bleue saison 2
SLH Artiste
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,114
La Venise bleue saison 1
SLH Artiste
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,114
Les heures sombres de Florence
SLH Artiste
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,478
Theatrical Scene
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$568
Zone Commerciale #2
Severine Dietrich
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,591
IL ETAIT UNE FOIS MANHATTAN
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,017
La petite fille de Jérusalem
Eveline Weil
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,217
Singapore, Marina Bay from the Flyer 3
Bruno Paget
Photography - 60 x 80 x 2.7 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.1 inch
$3,410
Singapore, electric Mosquito
Bruno Paget
Photography - 60 x 80 x 2.7 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.1 inch
$2,842
Singapore, Mariana Bay & The Sands 1
Bruno Paget
Photography - 60 x 80 x 2.7 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.1 inch
$2,842
San Francisco, Bay Bridge golfer
Bruno Paget
Photography - 60 x 80 x 2.7 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.1 inch
$2,842
San Francisco, the drunk
Bruno Paget
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2.7 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.1 inch
$3,979
Rise and Climb
Madonna Phillips
Painting - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$17,500
Cuetzalan, Pigment Print
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$900
San Marco, Venezia
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 66 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 26 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,684
The Sea of Windows
Martin Kallay
Photography - 45 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,364
Une vie sinon rien
Alexandre Mijatovic
Sculpture - 70 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$5,115
A Boy With A Golden Fish
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$261
Savage System Casino
Robert Jaso
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,785
6:22pm – Beirut Explosion, August 4
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 120 x 180 x 0.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,680
Architectural scene
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 70 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,680
Give him that apple or not?
Tom Kuran
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$6,195
Restaurant Paris
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 61.3 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 24.1 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,115
N° 890 Le château de Fortis.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2.4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.9 inch
$1,137
Achrafieh – Karm El Zeytoun
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 60 x 80 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$1,320
The golden town
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$205 $184
Irin ajo
Ofobuike Okudoh
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$5,911
Ballinlough Castle
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$864
Leixlip Window
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
$864
Burghley Kitchen
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
$864
Stanway House
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
$864
Woburn At Dusk
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$864
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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