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Flowered house on the sea - Capri Italy painting
Ernesto De Michele
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$408
Moonlight on the sea - Positano Italy painting
Ernesto De Michele
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$408
Flowered old road - Sorrento Italy painting
Ernesto De Michele
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$408
Muchos deseos de estar
Emilio Cardona
Painting - 80 x 107 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 42.1 x 1.6 inch
$5,345
Muchos deseos de ir
Emilio Cardona
Painting - 70 x 117 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 46.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,809
Capri romantic sunset - Southern Italy painting + handmade frame gold leaf white background
Silvio Valli
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$475
Positano terrace with flowers - Southern Italy painting + handmade frame gold leaf blue background
Silvio Valli
Painting - 20 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Ar the Arc de Triomphe - France Belle Epoque painting + frame
Antonio Pecorelli
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Un dandy à Paris - ref BDNW11484
Janie Michels
Painting - 100 x 81 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch
$5,536
La multitude déchue (dessin n° 13)
Peter Gnass
Fine Art Drawings - 78 x 53.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.7 x 20.9 x 0.1 inch
$4,362
The right of passage
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 45.7 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$523
First Light
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 96.5 x 139.7 x 3.3 cm Photography - 38 x 55 x 1.3 inch
$4,355
Sunset Pier
Alexia Rousse
Photography - 96.5 x 139.7 x 3.3 cm Photography - 38 x 55 x 1.3 inch
$4,355
Village en août
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 43 x 43 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16.9 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,118
Mur pastel du Maroc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Neal Turner
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$414
Disque de frein. Rouille
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Atlas et Kasbah. Maroc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
Primitive no. 5
David Umemoto
Sculpture - 30.5 x 27.9 x 30.5 cm Sculpture - 12 x 11 x 12 inch
$3,915
Window on Amalfi - Italian seaside painting
Domenico Caiazza
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Terrace with flowers - Capri seaside painting
Domenico Caiazza
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Les docks de Brooklyn
André Boubounelle
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,981
In the evening- Venice painting
Antonio Sgarbossa
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$487
Under the Bridge of Sighs - Venice painting
Antonio Sgarbossa
Painting - 40 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$431
Palazzo Veneziano
Dimitri Bourriau
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$5,201
Flying Carousel
Dimitri Bourriau
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$5,201
Italian Church
Olga Korneeva
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$101
South Carolina 001. The Ameriguns.
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,362
Texas 001. The Ameriguns. (1)
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,362
Quartier de Villanova centre historique de Cagliari
Serge Salis
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$503
Dans l'or des cimes
René Margotton
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
Elephant Theater
Dimitri Bourriau
Photography - 80 x 120 x 5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$4,250
Macciareddu zone indistrielle
Serge Salis
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$447
Quartier de la Tour d' Elephant1
Serge Salis
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$336
Fontaine de Tophane
Serge Salis
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$447
Pont de Galata
Serge Salis
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$447
Architecture pont gondole. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Biarritz - La grande plage #4
Didier Fournet
Photography - 130 x 180 x 1 cm Photography - 51.2 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch
$8,836
The Holy Sepulchre - limited edition of 33
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$402
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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