write a few lines on the architectural style of building,art and crafts and people of modern India
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Although artists made these buildings, the aesthetics of the buildings are still secondary in function no matter how striking they are. Though architects design a building as per a concept which shows their creative process, that design is nothing if the society is unable to use the building to its fullest capacity. Patrik Schumacher, Director of Zaha Hadid Architects, in the year 2014 has famously said, "Architects are in charge of the FORM of the built environment, not its content. Architecture is NOT ART, although FORM is our specific contribution to the evolution of world society." But it is also important to note that to study Architecture, most of the top institutions around the world require that the students applying to have studied art. Perhaps this is not surprising because that till the 1950s, Architecture was taught as a subject in art schools. It was only in 1958 that Royal Institute of British Architects reclassified it as a science and separated the departments.
In India, modern sculpture artists took to architecture for inspiration. Artist Satish Gujral, one of the most notable sculpture artists, is known to have experimented with many materials and structures in his lifetime which ultimately led him to design the Belgian Embassy in Delhi. Many art critics were sceptical of his new venture, but their concerns were put to rest when the embassy was announced as ‘one of the finest buildings of the 20th century’.
for inspiration. Artist Satish Gujral, one of the most notable sculpture artists, is known to have experimented with
In modern-day philosophy, the definition and meaning of ‘art’ have always been in much debate which has led to many manifestos and declaration of ‘what is art’ and what art consists of. Going by the popular definition of Art, which has been in use since the 1750s, Art is the skill or craft that has an aesthetic value. Therefore, the purpose of art is to produce an aesthetic effect.
The changing culture of architecture in modern India, both as a lifestyle and as a profession, has been eye-opening. In terms of lifestyle, we never predicted the extent to which architecture and design could affect us as well as the society and culture we live in, nor did we predict how deeply symbolic of our beliefs and attitudes they’d become. As a profession, the huge wave of development and technology that caused us to try and ape everything that didn’t belong to us, has made us question and search for our own identity and provoked us to revisit the solid traditional roots and foundation of Indian architecture.