Between Architecture And Art. The Space of Aquaintance

The article is based on the definition of architecture as an art of shaping space (B. Zevi), comparing it to the art of sculpting, and the concept of sculpting-ness which refers to spatial effects and the creative/artistic character of the designing. The wrapping space of architecture has been treated as a non-material virtual sphere of information exchange. It is a space of mutual communication of: knowledge, skills, art and poly-sensory perception of the recipient. Similar selected phenomena concerning architecture and other arts have been compared. The result points to a common nature of the phenomena in spite of their diametrically different uses. It also points to their identical character respectively in the spheres of: creation, notation, and realization of goals within the individual arts. Additionally the scale and protective character of architecture endow this art with a special utilitarian function which is superior and irreplaceable in human life. The whole article has been treated as a description of earlier research.