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MMCA Museum Collection 2 Pagodas Fountain sculptures Moon Shin 1979
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 8.3 inch
€3,950
1979 Moon Shin Monumental sculpture on the City
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
€3,900
Paris La Défense Grande Arche 1971
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 25 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.8 inch
€2,900
1972 Dreaming Moon Shin Museum
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 11.8 inch
€3,900
Moon Shin Museum Dream 1972
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.7 inch
€3,900
1972 Red and Black Moon Shin Museum en rouge et noir
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 8.7 inch
€3,900
1975 Moon Shin in black
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 16 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 6.3 inch
€2,900
Moon Shin Museum 1975
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 inch
€3,900
Fontaines du Moon Shin Museum Fountains 1979
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 26 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 10.2 inch
€2,900
MOON SHIN Museum 1977
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
€3,900
Moon Shin Museum 1977
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
€4,900
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
€180
A côté du chemin de fer
Henry Meylan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,770
Le conte du papillon - Memento mori 1
Céline Achour
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,450
Bugatti Spirit
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
Growing in the Wrong Place
Claire Smith
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€1,951
Rock and roller
Adam Regan
Photography - 100.1 x 150.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
€937
La salle d'attente
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 90 x 190 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
€5,500
Natation sur cyclo
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 90 x 190 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
€5,500
Marée haute
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 90 x 190 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
€5,500
Memory - Autumn landscape
Mitko Dimitrov
Painting - 40 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
Habitación 3
Alejandra Leon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,151
Habitación 1
Alejandra Leon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,151
Oranges over Table
Alejandra Leon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,151
Mucho más que un techo. Casa Batlló
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
€1,800
Casa Batlló
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
€2,000
S/T. Serie, La Habana 500 detalles (4)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
S/T. Serie, La Habana 500 detalles (3)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
S/T. Serie, Habana 500 detalles (1)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
Acreción Ascendente
Javier Toro Blum
Sculpture - 130 x 100 x 12 cm Sculpture - 51.2 x 39.4 x 4.7 inch
€10,000
L'île Rousseau, Genève
Henry Meylan
Painting - 56 x 76.5 x 0.2 cm Painting - 22 x 30.1 x 0.1 inch
€1,159
The Citizens - 09
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 53 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,100
The Citizens - 10
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 53 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,100
The Citizens - 11
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 50 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,200
Jean-Paul Belmondo à Venise, Italie
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Korean dreams, North Korea 2
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
€1,100
Couloir d'yeux
Jean-Luc Parant
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
€2,500
Open Window
Roberto Cuccaro
Fine Art Drawings - 50.5 x 36.1 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch
€1,400
Closed Shutters
Roberto Cuccaro
Fine Art Drawings - 50.5 x 36.1 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch
€1,400
The Woman of the Sea
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 42.87 x 51 cm Photography - 16.9 x 20.1 inch
€1,000
Scratched Records
James Fink
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 0.6 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.25 inch
€912
1990 Paris Au coin de la Rue Valette Quartier Latin
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 28 x 18 cm Print - 11 x 7.1 inch
€1,250
Lagomorphe
Anne Juliette Deschamps
Sculpture - 22 x 12 x 15 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 4.7 x 5.9 inch
€3,000
Unmasked II
Ofobuike Okudoh
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€2,900
The Yes Sayer - Der Jasager
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€260 €234
Au Bord De La Rivière
Sergey Kovalenko
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
View from a business district sidewalk
Jason DeBose
Photography - 84 x 54 x 2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
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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