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Vue sur les toits. Vue 16
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$839
Vue sur les toits. Vue 15
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$615
Factory & Sea sunset
Marion Sagon
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,803
Brutalist Water Tower & Abstractscape
Marion Sagon
Painting - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,809
National Theatre & Reflection
Marion Sagon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,244
Chocolate Factory & Crazy Sunset
Marion Sagon
Painting - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,809
L'Escalier Bleu
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,349
Antiquité et baroque, l’étude à Rome
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
Le Panthéon (vue de la rue Valette)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$727
Old Time
Alexander (Sandro) Antadze
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,684
Terrasse à Tunis
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 11.4 inch
$895
La Maison de Rabelais, Metz
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 4.6 inch
$895
JR au Palais de Tokyo, 28 Août 2020, 16H12, Paris
JR
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$2,561
Voile dans le brouillard
Paul Natter
Painting - 110 x 122 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 48 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
Voyage voyage
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$425
Bientôt les vacances
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$425
Journée d'automne
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$313
Windmill in Niforeika
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 15 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,013
Paesaggio 1990
Salvatore Mangione (Salvo)
Print - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$895
Ouessant - série bord de mer
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 52 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 20.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$738
Train de nuit #9
Philippe Saucourt
Painting - 95 x 53 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 20.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Schloss Ort Insel, Traunsee - Austria
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 42 x 59 cm Painting - 16.5 x 23.2 inch
$1,566
City Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 42 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
N°1302 - How much " Geran " ?
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Print - 60 x 180 x 5 cm Print - 23.6 x 70.9 x 2 inch
$5,592
Petit bar à Kyoto - série voyage en Asie
Brigitte Genty
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$436
Golden windows
Barry Cawston
Photography - 67 x 200 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,634
MANHATTAN, J'AIME TA COULEUR
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1 inch
$665
Jet d'oiseaux sur Beaubourg
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$134
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
Pol Bury
Print - 68 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.8 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$1,678
Hercule Temple Design
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 50 x 29 x 20 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 11.4 x 7.9 inch
$728
Yomeimon of Toshogu
Marco Araldi
Painting - 81.5 x 81.5 x 5 cm Painting - 32.1 x 32.1 x 2 inch
$4,237
Vers Saint Georges
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 100 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
Take Two and Call Me in the Morning
Charles Fazzino
Print - 68.6 x 78.7 x 5.1 cm Print - 27 x 31 x 2 inch
$3,350
Study in Green & Blue, Ahangama
Edmund Sumner
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,913
Nice Beautiful Dream Houses
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$324
Nice Little Paradise
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$324
56th floor
Jean-Michel Berts
Photography - 109 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 42.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$6,487
Flat iron
Jean-Michel Berts
Photography - 205 x 95 x 2 cm Photography - 80.7 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$7,773
Notre Dame jour
Jean-Michel Berts
Photography - 110 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$7,773
Koban Police station
Jean-Michel Berts
Photography - 105 x 125 x 2 cm Photography - 41.3 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$7,773
La porte des possibles
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$201
Toits de Paris II
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$112
Les quais de la Cité
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$213
Architecture
Art and architecture share many similarities. They've influenced one another throughout history. However, trying to liken these two disciplines will inevitably lead to certain contractions.
Perhaps the biggest difference is that Art, in its broadest sense, is defined as a creation meant to trigger an emotional response which is generally related to aesthetic pleasure. It doesn't satisfy any of life's basic needs, but it leads to thoughts, reflections, and often taps into our subconscious and our memory. On the other hand, architecture's primary purpose is to shelter individuals and ensure their safety. Architecture is meant to serve a utilitarian purpose.
Today, architecture has gone far beyond this initial function. Architects have strived to combine engineering and aesthetic research to create buildings that are so out of the ordinary we wonder how they were designed. They want their creations to stand out and favour originality and creativity. Just like in arts, architecture is influenced by the historical, social, and political context of the time and each movement has its own characteristics, from baroque to futurism to Bauhaus. Modern architecture marked a turn in the history of architecture. Architects revolutionised the social scope of their discipline and took an industrialist approach to society and nature — avant-garde architects rubbed shoulders with artists such as Georges Braque, Piet Mondrian, and members of the De Stijl group. Le Corbusier is a pioneer in collective housing, and also took part in ambitious projects which aimed to rebuild entire cities, such as Chandigarh in India. Decorative arts also developed by taking inspiration from the conventions that governed modernist architecture.
Contemporary architecture might not be a specific movement per se, but buildings that fall into this category share certain attributes. Contemporary architecture is characterised by curvy lines and various volumes in a single structure, as seen with the Sydney Opera House. The architect Jørn Utzon explained that he didn't seek to create a building for this project, but an actual sculpture. The building continually renews itself with new meanings and experiences for each passerby. Architectural works often require periods of deep reflection and a long though process in order for the architect to envisage how to give their building a sense of character and soul.
Whether architecture is an art or not is a never ending debate, but it is undeniable that there are strong links between the two disciplines. There are many examples of collaborations between contemporary artists and architects, and today the works of the greatest architects are exhibited in museums along with their fellow artists.
Discover our selections of artworks inspired by art and architecture!