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Printemps au Poulain - série Paysage marin de Belle-île-en-Mer
Virginie Le Roy
Painting - 27 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
€375
Autumn Sun, Walkers
Ellen Bradshaw
Painting - 55.9 x 71.1 x 2 cm Painting - 22 x 28 x 0.8 inch
€4,056
Les Jardins du Trocadéro
Rodykka
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch
€9,500
Rainbow warrior
Alexandre ALLOUL
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€850
Paris, Hotel de Ville
Patrick Pietropoli
Painting - 40.6 x 81.3 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 32 x 1.5 inch
€4,828
Crossing Bridges
Hugo G. Urrutia
Photography - 81 x 122 x 5 cm Photography - 31.9 x 48 x 2 inch
€2,300
Landscape
Emmanuel Charles Jodelet
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 25 x 0.4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
€330
Chaise architecturale
Francesco Marino Di Teana
Design - 42 x 44 x 99 cm Design - 16.5 x 17.3 x 39 inch
€6,000
Ponte Garibaldi, Rome
Antonio Vangelli
Painting - 35 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€3,800
Piazzale del Pincio
Amedeo Bocchi
Painting - 29 x 55 x 1.4 cm Painting - 11.4 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch
€12,500 €10,625
Bourj Hammoud cityscape
Maral Der Boghossian
Photography - 30 x 120 cm Photography - 11.8 x 47.2 inch
€2,130
View of the Village in the Nature
Robert Fontene
Fine Art Drawings - 12.1 x 16.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.8 x 6.6 x 0 inch
€380
Chartres dans les colzas
Michel Maly
Painting - 31 x 45 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
€4,850
Impression of Reality
Egle Karpaviciute
Painting - 160 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€4,900
Sous Sol de París. 1977-1999
Gordon Matta-Clark
Photography - 59.7 x 49.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.5 x 19.5 x 0 inch
€8,500
X-Y Building Facade Op.6, No.2
Is Wang
Photography - 120 x 48 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 18.9 x 1.6 inch
€2,500
The painter's house
Mariana MeryMax
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€250
Congregations Beth Hamedrash and Holche Josher Wizaner, Manhattan/NYC
Petra Wunderlich
Photography - 60 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€8,300
August Moon III
Paul Schütze
Photography - 116 x 79 x 5 cm Photography - 45.7 x 31.1 x 2 inch
€3,000
The Farmhouse
Jacques Ivane-Millérioux
Painting - 32.7 x 50 x 0.4 cm Painting - 12.9 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€340
Landscape with a Village
Charlotte Jamois
Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€450
The Taj Mahal At Agra
Victoria and Albert Museum
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
€450
L’Atonium
Philippe Venin-Bernard
Painting - 70 x 70 x 40 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 15.7 inch
€2,800
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Robert Bubel
Painting - 90 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
Senza Famiglia (No Family)
Gian Marco Montesano
Painting - 60 x 80 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
€8,500
'Interior Of The Mosque Of Ibn Tulun'
Émile Béchard
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
€418
Landscape
Alfred Sobottka
Fine Art Drawings - 29.4 x 32.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 12.9 x 0 inch
€490
1974 Les toits de Paris Roofs
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 35 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 15 x 0.4 inch
€7,500
The london hotel. Los Angeles
Andrés Agustín Comastri
Painting - 85 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€4,950
La Tragédie Antique, étude pour le décor mural du vestibule du Théâtre de Chaillot, 1936
Henry de Waroquier
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 35 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 13.8 inch
€6,500
American Dream
Joséphine Vallé Franceschi
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch
€4,200
Production Still (Oak Street 02)
Gregory Crewdson
Photography - 55.9 x 43.2 cm Photography - 22 x 17 inch
€5,800
March, 9, 2003, No A (Sydney)
Zhu Ming
Photography - 91 x 126 x 5 cm Photography - 35.8 x 49.6 x 2 inch
€11,600
Una articolo indeterminativo - chaise longue
Stefano Marolla
Design - 86 x 225 x 85 cm Design - 33.9 x 88.6 x 33.5 inch
€19,500
Greeting from Paris
Milena Jovicevic
Photography - 32 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
€350 €315
Venise 1989 Venice
Pascale Courbot
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€5,950
Cimetière de Monmartre
Jean-Pierre Laurent
Print - 75.5 x 55 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.7 x 21.7 x 0 inch
€180
Metropolis Ostrich 2
Yu Zhaoyang
Photography - 43.5 x 32.5 x 3 cm Photography - 17.1 x 12.8 x 1.2 inch
€370
Falsaciones del triangulo de Penrose 14
Josep Molins
Print - 68 x 50 cm Print - 26.8 x 19.7 inch
€250
Luminaire petite roue de moulin
Jean Bernard dit Berny
Sculpture - 29 x 23 x 13 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 9.1 x 5.1 inch
€370
Landscape
Myriam Bering
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€400
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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