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St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia

Art & Architecture

Art is the expression of creativity and imagination, exercised in such a way that it culminates in a perceptible work. Art is created and appreciated primarily for its aesthetic value or emotional power. The aesthetic and emotional value of certain art differs among each individual who perceives it. While "art" can refer to any creative expression and its resulting product, the term is often used to signify visual, stationary works such as paintings, sculptures and engravings, to name a few.

Architecture is the art, practice or profession of designing and constructing buildings, open areas, communities and other constructions. Like art, architecture is carried out with aesthetics in mind, but it is typically more constrained by the need for practicality and long-term functionality. Architecture also involves selecting furnishings and decorations, overseeing construction of the structure, inspecting, restoring and renovating an existing building. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Articles about Art & Architecture

  • Meet Piper, the one-eyed bulldog with a passion for painting

    Fri, Feb 08 2013 at 4:33 PM

    This English bulldog was once known for her grumpy disposition, but these days she's famous for her paintings, which benefit the dog rescue she once called home.

  • Artist gives new life to Sandy's fallen trees

    Fri, Feb 08 2013 at 11:25 AM

    A portion of the sales are going to the New York Restoration Project to help plant new trees.

  • How a Renoir almost got tossed in the trash, and other tales of salvaged treasure

    Fri, Feb 08 2013 at 10:45 AM

    Next time you pick up a cheap painting with the intention of using it as a dartboard, make sure it's not worth loads of cash.

  • Gigantic 'Transformers' snow sculpture rises in Japan

    Thu, Feb 07 2013 at 12:50 PM

    Created by Japanese toy maker Takara Toy, the project took 250 workers nearly a month to complete.

  • 35 ancient pyramids discovered in Sudan necropolis

    Thu, Feb 07 2013 at 10:14 AM

    Some of the pyramids' designs resemble a 'French Formal Garden' according to researchers.

  • You're not allowed to see Kate Middleton's second portrait

    Mon, Feb 04 2013 at 12:02 PM

    Responding to backlash from the first official portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge, artist Paul Emsley created a second. Unfortunately, no photos allowed.

  • Climate science comes alive as art

    Fri, Feb 01 2013 at 2:49 PM

    A collaborative effort pulls video gamers, music professors, multimedia designers and polar researchers together to make climate science approachable.

  • Please, step inside my Mobius strip: 3-D printed house in the works

    Tue, Jan 29 2013 at 11:00 AM

    Employing an innovative robotic building process known as D-Shape, Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars plans to 'print' a 12,000-square-foot habitable Mobius strip dubbed the Landscape House.

  • Remains of King Richard III? Archaeologists dig up a controversy

    Wed, Jan 23 2013 at 12:15 PM

    Interested parties argue that if the remains are the lost king's, they should be buried in York, Westminster Abbey or Windsor Castle.

  • Computer program spots medieval memes

    Tue, Jan 22 2013 at 12:49 PM

    The program that scans for particular words or phrases could be reconfigured to look for certain bits of DNA.

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