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La salle d'attente
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 90 x 190 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,140
Natation sur cyclo
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 90 x 190 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,140
Marée haute
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 90 x 190 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,140
Memory - Autumn landscape
Mitko Dimitrov
Painting - 40 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
La place du Molard animée, Genève
Sergio Cecchi
Painting - 81 x 60.5 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,659
Île Grecque de Santorin
Maria Raytcheva
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Mucho más que un techo. Casa Batlló
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$2,009
Casa Batlló
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$2,233
S/T. Serie, La Habana 500 detalles (4)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
S/T. Serie, La Habana 500 detalles (3)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
S/T. Serie, Habana 500 detalles (1)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Acreción Ascendente
Javier Toro Blum
Sculpture - 130 x 100 x 12 cm Sculpture - 51.2 x 39.4 x 4.7 inch
$11,163
118
Jérôme Mesnager & Artiste Ouvrier
Painting - 88 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 34.6 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$4,465
Jean-Paul Belmondo à Venise, Italie
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$893
Couloir d'yeux
Jean-Luc Parant
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
$2,791
Surrounded by light
Elena Raceala
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$1,060
Scratched Records
James Fink
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 0.6 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.25 inch
$950
Street in Paris 5
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$726
Street in Paris 4
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$726
Street in Paris 3
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$726
Nomadas on the beach III
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$726
Tetti (secondo E. Schiele)
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 22 x 17 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.7 x 6.7 x 0.1 inch
$201 $171
Travaux dans la rue
Henry Meylan
Painting - 100.5 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,059
Mini golf animé au parc Château Banquet à Genève
Sergio Cecchi
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,601
1990 Paris Au coin de la Rue Valette Quartier Latin
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 28 x 18 cm Print - 11 x 7.1 inch
$1,395
1985 Montmartre Rue du Chevalier de La Barre
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 64.5 x 49 cm Print - 25.4 x 19.3 inch
$837
San Marco, Venezia
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 66 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 26 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,581 $4,744
Unmasked II
Ofobuike Okudoh
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$3,237
Au Bord De La Rivière
Sergey Kovalenko
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,009
View from a business district sidewalk
Jason DeBose
Photography - 84 x 54 x 2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,009
Pedestrian treadmill
Jason DeBose
Photography - 58 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 22.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,009
Underworld (red)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 24 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,900
Els petits detalls. Institut Pere Mata
Coia Ibañez
Painting - 33.5 x 19 cm Painting - 13.2 x 7.5 inch
$586
Balconada de la casa Rull, Reus
Coia Ibañez
Painting - 33.5 x 27.5 cm Painting - 13.2 x 10.8 inch
$670
At sunset Autumn
Natalia Yampolskaya
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Mountain Home
Natalia Yampolskaya
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
When Oleander Blooms
Natalia Yampolskaya
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,177
Portet - Paysage des Pyrénées-Atlantiques entre réalité et imaginaire
Jean-Marc Lemasson
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$865
Citadelle - Paysage entre réalité et imaginaire
Jean-Marc Lemasson
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$865
St. Peter And Pavel Monastery
Krassimira Mihaylova
Painting - 43 x 83 x 2 cm Painting - 16.9 x 32.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Chapel In The Sea Garden In Varna
Krassimira Mihaylova
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Santorini, Landscape With Blue House
Krassimira Mihaylova
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Santorini, Living in Oia
Krassimira Mihaylova
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Santorini, Caffe & Bar Meteor
Krassimira Mihaylova
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Santorini, Landscape With A Temple
Krassimira Mihaylova
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Santorini, Landscape With A Church
Krassimira Mihaylova
Painting - 33 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,395
Spirit And Matter, Asen’s Fortress
Krassimira Mihaylova
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Murano Colonna (Venise, Italie)
Barbara Petit Lisy
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$1,192
Du côté de Sant Angelo (Venise, Italie)
Barbara Petit Lisy
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$1,192
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!