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Le baiser de Bordeaux
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$611
Chalet en montagne
Louis Henri Salzmann
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,019
Vue d'un parc
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 22 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,015
Le Bouquiniste de Notre Dame de Paris
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,132
Livre de liberté
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,358
Apaemée, grande colonnade de torsadée
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$1,358
Palmyre, temple de Bél
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$1,358
Palmyre, bas relief au pied du temple de Bêl
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 50 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,132
Palmyre, Temple funéraire
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,132
Palmyre, Le tétrapyle
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,132
Damas, mosquée des Omeyyades (cours)
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,132
Damas, Mosquée des Omeyyades
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 50 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,132
Palmyre, petit temple funéraire et château Qalat Ibn Maan
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,132
Alep, la citadelle (murs)
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,132
Palmyre, arc monumental
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,132
Palmyre, temple de Bel
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 50 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,132
Palmyre, Grande colonnade
Michel Eisenlohr
Photography - 60 x 50 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,132
Venise et ses reflets
Magali Palatan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
$1,041
Grands ensembles 13
Raynald Najosky
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$679
Chrysler 405 4
Raynald Najosky
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$679
Basilique-cathédrale Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais de Soissons
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale de Soissons
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Basilique-Cathédrale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Strasbourg
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Notre Dame de Strasbourg
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Blois
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Blois
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Bourges
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Reïms,
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Reïms
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,528
La Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d'Orléans
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d'Orléans
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d'Aix-en-Provence
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d'Aix-en-Provence
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Sainte-Marie-Majeure de Marseille
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale de Marseille la Majeur
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Sainte-Marie-Majeure de Marseille
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reïms
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Cathédrale de Notre-Dame d'Évreux
Sébastien Béghuin
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,528
Au coeur du village
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 81 x 60.5 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,129
Maison de campagne
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,141
Village de Beton-Bazoche
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 67.7 x 93 x 2 cm Painting - 26.7 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,129
Escalier à Tinos, Grèce
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,129
Portail à Brie
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,050
L'escalade du Symphony of the Seas
Pierre Gély-Fort
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,358
Point de vue VIP
Pierre Gély-Fort
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$905
Paysage automnal
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 67.5 x 93 x 2 cm Painting - 26.6 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,129
Grande Motte Seagulls 2V
Clemente Vergara
Photography - 70 x 56 cm Photography - 27.6 x 22 inch
$509
Sample space urban 2.3
Franck Guedj
Photography - 50 x 130 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,282
La Cathédrale
Xavier Albert Fiala
Painting - 108.5 x 89 x 1 cm Painting - 42.7 x 35 x 0.4 inch
$2,259
1985 Paris Rue Saint Dominique CARNAVALET MUSEUM PARIS Collection
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 38 x 45.3 cm Print - 15 x 17.8 inch
$786
Notre Dame de Neige
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$543
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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