The Concept of aesthetics in architecture : an examination of a parallelism with painting

Abstract

Architecture; is it a n art or science? Architecture can be defined as an art of built environment in a scientific method. Then it is an art more than a science. Because science is involves it as a method of building or arranging the function. So what is Art? There are many definitions for an art. Some are defined it as meditation, or finding wisdom or emerging emotions or may be reflection of life. But the most suitable definition may be art is an aesthetic voyage that man travels to find wisdom with inspirations of his life. Then the responsibility of artist is reflecting the life aesthetics and wisdom in his artefact. The life is where artist inspired of his vision for the creation. And the wisdom is universal truth that he understood. Aesthetic is how he communicate his vision and wisdom to the outer world. The most serious problem be setting o f the architecture today is that most architects have forgotten that it as an art. They mainly practice it as a science. They consider only the functional requirements of the building and finally add various decorations to make it beauty. But the real and everlasting beauty comes with the aesthetics with a reflection of life or vision and the wisdom with a meaning which is very hard to see in the present practice.