by Pieter Musterd

Question by Alex D: Is architecture art? When dealing with examples of ideology and iconography is it correct to call architectur?

When dealing with examples of ideology and iconography, is it categorically correct to place architecture in the same realm as art? Art, as a modifier of a cultural world view, helps to articulate the status quo in a given culture at a specific point in time. Do you find the argument that architecture expresses the beliefs, desires, or interests of the most elite (because they have the power to influence architecture) to be sufficient reason to examine architecture as art?
I'm writing a paper and I want to know if my logic is b.s. or not.




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Answer by johnboy
Architecture is the best form of art because it can have beautiful form and a beautiful function. Add that to the fact that people get to look at it without wasting time in some lame art museum, and you have the most powerful statements an artist can make.

I don't know how you can look at something like the White House or the Pyramids and say they don't express a culture's worldview.

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