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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Britt Ekland, 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,153
Peggy Guggenheim,1978 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$4,153
George Cameron - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,153
CZ’s House 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$4,153
Harriet at Mougins - 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,153
Satin Seduction - 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,153
Capote At Home, Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,153
Beauty and the Beast, Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,153
Equestrian Entrance 1957
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$5,135
Angers 1849 - collection spéciale Grands Formats
Jean-Philippe Henric
Print - 150 x 150 x 1 cm Print - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,106
Prick the sky with the needles of an autumn tree
Procach Olesia
Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$462
Font romeu - collection spéciale Grands Formats
Jean-Philippe Henric
Print - 150 x 150 x 1 cm Print - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,106
Quay. Uzhhorod
Oleksandr Khrapachov
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
Monaco, Port Hercules
Marta Zawadzka
Painting - 130 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,557
Confinement sans perspective
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,170
11h53 - 6,09, Crue de la Seine - Paris 2016
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$831
L'heure bleue maison 3
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,170
L'heure bleue maison 2
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,170
L'heure bleue maison
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,170
Factory & Soft mountain chain
Marion Sagon
Print - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Print - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$304
Factory & Soft mountain chain
Marion Sagon
Print - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$222
Munich, Neue Rathaus in Marienplatz
Irakli Chikovani
Painting - 95 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 37.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$2,808
Vienna, Austria
Irakli Chikovani
Painting - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,808
Manhattan aerial 4
Lucio Forte
Painting - 100 x 150 x 0.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$3,042
Morning in the City
Yaroshevich Anastasia
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$977
Seul est son ombre
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$187
We will be able to rebuild
Tetiana Ocheredko
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,200
Arc de Triomphe de la Libertay
Maxime Blachère
Print - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$702
Paesaggio 1990
Salvatore Mangione (Salvo)
Print - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,053
Sur les traces de la mémoire
Danielle Desplan
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 38 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 15 x 0.1 inch
$702
Golden domes behind the trees
Boris Serdyuk
Painting - 21 x 30.4 x 2 cm Painting - 8.3 x 12 x 0.8 inch
$369
Spring in the old yard
Oksana Ivanyuk
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,310
Church of the Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God
Boris Serdyuk
Painting - 23 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.1 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$374
Near the Healing Spring
Boris Serdyuk
Painting - 23 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.1 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$257
Early near the church
Boris Serdyuk
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$521
Golden Gate Bridge at Sunset
Maria Korshunova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$750
Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium
Peter M. Cook
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$2,644
Unforgettable Paris
Marco Barberio
Painting - 135 x 98 x 3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,861
Plant. S.m.t. Semenivka
Oleksandr Khrapachov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$800
Quartier de l'Albacin, Grenade
Yves Brayer
Painting - 19 x 24 x 2.5 cm Painting - 7.5 x 9.4 x 1 inch
$5,499
Uno strano cocktail
Salvatore Mangione (Salvo)
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,053
La Cour Damoye
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$222
