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Black and Color series: New York City - Lower Manhattan
Mark Elst
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€900
Les ponts de la Seine
Anne-Marie Toporkoff
Photography - 31 x 18.5 cm Photography - 12.2 x 7.3 inch
€790
La grande galerie avec squelette de baleine
Jürg Kreienbühl
Print - 91.5 x 71.5 cm Print - 36 x 28.1 inch
€2,000
Thira Courtyard
Elena Borstein
Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22 x 0.04 inch
€4,345
Camaguey
Elena Borstein
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.04 inch
€4,828
TEMPLE OF THE SUN PHOENIX
Mauricco Zaraj
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,555
Dreary School Day
Christian Frederiksen
Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.9 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€700
Memories IV
Victoria Dearing
Photography - 27.5 x 44.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 10.8 x 17.5 x 0.1 inch
€500 €450
Hotel Normandie, diptyque
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€3,600
Les oubliées 8 - série Paysage et Architecture
Gilbert Ovtcharenko
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€675
Les oubliées 5 - série Paysage et Architecture industrielle
Gilbert Ovtcharenko
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€675
Les oubliées 3 - série Paysage et Architecture
Gilbert Ovtcharenko
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€675
Murano Colonna (Venise, Italie)
Barbara Petit Lisy
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
€1,068
Du côté de Sant Angelo (Venise, Italie)
Barbara Petit Lisy
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
€1,068
Hameau d'Occitanie
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€960
Pin penché
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€980
NYC - Downtown Pano II
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 81 x 152.1 x 2.8 cm Photography - 31.9 x 59.9 x 1.1 inch
€4,587
Insta(nt)llation - Saint Sophie, Istambul
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 27.5 x 19 x 3 cm Photography - 10.8 x 7.5 x 1.2 inch
€930
Insta(nt)llation - Printemps, Paris
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 20 x 25.5 x 3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 10 x 1.2 inch
€930
2Insta(nt)llation - Synagogue Rumbach Sebestyen, Budapest 2/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 29 x 19 x 3 cm Photography - 11.4 x 7.5 x 1.2 inch
€930
Insta(nt)llation - Synagogue Rumbach Sebestyen, Budapest 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 27.5 x 20 x 3 cm Photography - 10.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
€930
Insta(nt)llation - Guggenheim NYC. 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 20 x 27.5 x 3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 10.8 x 1.2 inch
€930
Insta(nt)llation - Panthéon, Paris 1/3
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 28 x 18 x 3 cm Photography - 11 x 7.1 x 1.2 inch
€930
Insta(nt)llation - Basilica Szent Istvan, Budapest
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 28.5 x 19 x 3 cm Photography - 11.2 x 7.5 x 1.2 inch
€930
Alabama Street. From the series Lost in transition
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€3,863
Carnegie Library/ Atlanta-Fulton county public library
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€3,863
Atlanta high museum
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€3,863
Peachtree Street
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€3,863
Sur le Causse Aveyronnais
André Lac
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
€1,060
Plaza and viaduct
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€3,863
Sans titre - série coque et ancre de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€620
Sans titre - série coque et ancre de bateau
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€620
Sans titre - série coque et ancre de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€620
Sans titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€620
Sas titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€620
Sans titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€620
Sans titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€620
Village du Couserans
André Lac
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 inch
€640
La chapelle de la Joie à St Pierre
Richard Bouts
Painting - 30.2 x 64 x 2 cm Painting - 11.9 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,450
Il Colosseo e la Domus Aura, Roma
Luigi Surdi
Painting - 55 x 66.5 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 26.2 x 0.4 inch
€936
Pour l'espoir
André Masson
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 52 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 20.5 inch
€7,500
Untitled
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 inch
€350
Untitled
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 inch
€350
Untitled
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 x 0 inch
€350
Untitled
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 inch
€350
Untitled
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 inch
€350
Untitled [Homme Volant]
Jean-Michel Folon
Print - 50.5 x 66 x 0.3 cm Print - 19.9 x 26 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
Untitled
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 inch
€350
Palm 3 World Station
Simon Vega
Photography - 51 x 76 x 4 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
€1,900
Amsterdam View opus 47
Geert Lemmers
Photography - 89.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€1,178
Forst Console natural brushed Carrara
Un'common
Design - 80 x 120 x 33 cm Design - 31.5 x 47.2 x 13 inch
€1,995
I saw this in my hometown Opus III
Geert Lemmers
Photography - 99.1 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 39 x 32 x 1 inch
€1,156
Bunker 4
Agathe Wagner
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€600
Bunker 3
Agathe Wagner
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€800
Bunker 1
Agathe Wagner
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€800
Set of 6 drawings from the Latin America "Artists & Architects” series
Rodrigo Spinel
Print - 20.8 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Print - 8.2 x 10 x 0.1 inch
€1,738
Set of 6 drawings from the "Artists & Architects” series
Rodrigo Spinel
Print - 20.8 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Print - 8.2 x 10 x 0.1 inch
€1,738
Set of 6 drawings from the Latin America "Artists & Architects”, series.
Rodrigo Spinel
Print - 20.8 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Print - 8.2 x 10 x 0.1 inch
€1,738
Santa María a Maior
Paco Ascón Callejo
Painting - 73 x 61 x 5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 24 x 2 inch
€1,350
Jardin du musée des beaux arts
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 60.6 x 91 cm Photography - 23.9 x 35.8 inch
€1,015
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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