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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
$755
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
$755
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
$755
Hameau d'Occitanie
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,074
Arc de triomphe du Carrousel Paris impressionism
Gav Banns
Painting - 33 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$881
Lighthouse Snow Globe
Brian Nash
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$2,450
Architecture 1
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,266
La porta della Toscana
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$190
New York 20
Jean-François Mollière
Photography - 58 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 22.8 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,058
Paysages sensibles 7
Jean-François Mollière
Photography - 45 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,264
New York 67
Jean-François Mollière
Photography - 58 x 58 x 1 cm Photography - 22.8 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch
$2,058
Maxime Blachere – Notre Dame du Graffiti
Maxime Blachère
Print - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$671
Bio center – station over the vine
Kaliya Ka
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$514
Pluie sur Versailles
Raluca Vulcan
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
Le mystère de la chambre verte, Hilton Head, USA
Pascal Therme
Photography - 67 x 104 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26.4 x 40.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,566
1985 Paris Rue Saint Dominique CARNAVALET MUSEUM PARIS Collection
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 38 x 45.3 cm Print - 15 x 17.8 inch
$1,113
1985 Montmartre Rue du Chevalier de La Barre AKAGI Collection Musée Carnavalet Paris
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 64.5 x 49 cm Print - 25.4 x 19.3 inch
$839
Centre de Pyongyang
Didier Bizet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,342
Basilique Santa Maria della Salute, Venezia
Bruno Martini
Painting - 58.5 x 37 x 0.4 cm Painting - 23 x 14.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,161
Journey to meet the ocean
Harouna Ouedraogo
Painting - 144 x 144 cm Painting - 56.7 x 56.7 inch
$4,474
La Tour Seegmuller
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$213
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
$4,500
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
$5,000
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
$783
Memories IV
Victoria Dearing
Photography - 27.5 x 44.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 10.8 x 17.5 x 0.1 inch
$559
Hotel Normandie, diptyque
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,026
Portet - Paysage des Pyrénées-Atlantiques entre réalité et imaginaire
Jean-Marc Lemasson
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$867
Citadelle - Paysage entre réalité et imaginaire
Jean-Marc Lemasson
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$867
Murano Colonna (Venise, Italie)
Barbara Petit Lisy
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$1,195
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
$1,195
Marlow. Buckinghamshire
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,355
Abandoned mountain village in Sutomore
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,691
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Akkerman fortress
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$5,033
Paris, le Sacré Coeur
Georges Yoldjoglou
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,013
Paris, le pont des Arts
Georges Yoldjoglou
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,013
N° 1198 Entracte. Jardinière 4.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$693
Pin penché
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,096
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
$4,750
Sur le Causse Aveyronnais
André Lac
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,186
Village du Couserans
André Lac
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 inch
$716
Sans titre
Stéphane Spach
Photography - 40 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,118
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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