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Ferme d'antan
Christian Bruneau
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
$68
Fontaine de Jouvence
Christian Bruneau
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
$68
Château aux chapeaux
Christian Bruneau
Photography - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$181
Tokyo Crossing XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 60 x 180 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,384
The temple of Saletta
White Shark
Painting - 49 x 37 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.3 x 14.6 x 0.6 inch
$339
Au fil du temps
Christian Bruneau
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$407
Dernière séance
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$622
Untitled
Bernardo Navarro
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 42.9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 16.9 inch
$500
Villa Libertà Rossa
Gina Soden
Photography - 54.8 x 44.64 x 0.2 cm Photography - 21.6 x 17.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,471
Engrenages
Gina Soden
Photography - 44.64 x 64.96 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.6 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$1,471
City mirror NO42_ New York World Trade Center
Lixian Cai
Painting - 140 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,903
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
José Luis Ceña
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,527
Notre Dame de Reims - Origami
Darokin
Print - 180 x 120 x 1 cm Print - 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,263
Puente en la ciudad / Townbridge
Jorge Castillo
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 64 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 25.2 inch
$4,753
Adam et Eve love in Paris
Patricia Molinaro
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$283
Penta Goda
Jean Brillant
Sculpture - 300 x 113 x 120 cm Sculpture - 118.1 x 44.5 x 47.2 inch
$31,686
Métro Saint-Michel
Raluca Vulcan
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,961
Le Parc Monceau et l'Arc de Triomphe, Paris
Michel-Henry
Print - 43 x 58 cm Print - 16.9 x 22.8 inch
$226
Façade ensoleillée
Samuel Azuelos
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$9,619
1973 Geometrical Tension Extrême 2 Extrême Tension 2
Roger-François Thépot
Painting - 38 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 15 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$5,602
Deconstructed Beauty - Belvedere Palace
Magda Von Hanau
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,829
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,829
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,829
Rome place Navone
Jacques Guillet
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,829
Sur le chemin - Paysage de campagne et sa petite maison
Em' aquarelle
Painting - 18 x 14 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.1 x 5.5 x 0 inch
$362
Mont Saint Michel France
Elena Georgieva
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,772
Yahoo data center, Lockport, New York
Jarik Jongman
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 4.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$5,050
Alibaba data center, Qiandao Lake, Zhejiang, China
Jarik Jongman
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 4.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$5,050
Les trois ponts
Georgii Vinogradov
Photography - 20 x 38 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.9 x 15 x 0.1 inch
$566
Au coin de la rue aux prêtres
André Boubounelle
Painting - 19.8 x 36 x 2 cm Painting - 7.8 x 14.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,829
Architecture I
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 102 x 152 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40.2 x 59.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,942
The St Pauls Soft Shoe Shuffle
Adam de Ville
Painting - 95 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 37.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,326
Labor
One KBCA
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.8 x 0.101 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$598
Vue de New York
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 30 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$905
Entrée de Presbytère
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$905
Kyoto station
Stephen Mitchell
Painting - 105.9 x 105.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 41.7 x 41.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,273
Sacré coeur au petit-matin
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$447
Le Passage de Bastia - Corse
Nathalie Lemaître
Painting - 195 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$6,224
Paris Moulin Rouge at Night
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$447
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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