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WHY THESE DESIGNS?

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Is architecture the ultimate synthesis of all artistic disciplines?

Yes, though not exclusively.

WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER

1813 - 1883

Gesamtkunstwerk

Total Work of Art

Richard Wagner formulated

the concept of the

Gesamtkunstwerk, understood

as the aspiration towards a total

work of art, grounded in the

synthesis of the diverse creative

disciplines; an idea articulated in

Art and Revolution (1849) and

The Artwork of the Future (1850).

In this manner, he sought to

reconstruct Greek tragedy and

its complexity for contemporary

idioms.

ROSALIND E. KRAUSS

1941 - Actualidad

Expanded Field

Rosalind Krauss, in Sculpture in the

Expanded Field (1979), posits that

the arts are reconfigured within a

relational framework—meaning

that traditional typologies (in this

instance sculpture, architecture,

and indeed landscape) no longer

operate in isolation, emerging

instead as hybrid forms situated

between these disciplines

without belonging to a singular

practice.

Artistic disciplines are not autonomous fields but

manifestations of a shared cultural framework.

This condition becomes evident in the careers of artists whose

interests extended beyond the boundaries of a single discipline. 

Is architecture the ultimate synthesis of all artistic disciplines?

Yes, though not exclusively.

WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER

1813 - 1883

Gesamtkunstwerk

Total Work of Art

Richard Wagner formulated

the concept of the

Gesamtkunstwerk, understood

as the aspiration towards a total

work of art, grounded in the

synthesis of the diverse creative

disciplines; an idea articulated in

Art and Revolution (1849) and

The Artwork of the Future (1850).

In this manner, he sought to

reconstruct Greek tragedy and

its complexity for contemporary

idioms.

ROSALIND E. KRAUSS

1941 - Actualidad

Expanded Field

Rosalind Krauss, in Sculpture in the

Expanded Field (1979), posits that

the arts are reconfigured within a

relational framework—meaning

that traditional typologies (in this

instance sculpture, architecture,

and indeed landscape) no longer

operate in isolation, emerging

instead as hybrid forms situated

between these disciplines

without belonging to a singular

practice.

Artistic disciplines are not autonomous fields but

manifestations of a shared cultural framework.

This condition becomes evident in the careers of artists whose

interests extended beyond the boundaries of a single discipline. 

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