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La Colombe et le chat
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$334
American Dream
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$334
Evening. Aragon castle. Ischia. Italy
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 60 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$16,700
The sitting room at castle Ward Co Down. Northern Ireland
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 62.7 x 50.5 x 2 cm Painting - 24.7 x 19.9 x 0.8 inch
$11,300
Stairs in Heaven
Tinatin Bakhtadze
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,791
Anonymat calculé
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,340
Abstraction urbaine #6
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,340
Diagonale tropicale
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 75 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,049 $944
Amsterdam by night
Tonny Baars
Painting - 120 x 240 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 94.5 x 0.8 inch
$21,767
No Title, Interieur Series 4
Baurjan Aralov
Painting - 120 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,344 $1,993
No Title, Interieur Series 2
Baurjan Aralov
Painting - 120 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,344
No Title, Interieur Series 1
Baurjan Aralov
Painting - 130 x 105 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 41.3 x 1.6 inch
$2,679
Les volets bleus
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
$759 $683
Les fenêtres rouges
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$804 $723
Une Terre de Lumière
Jean Duquoc
Painting - 81 x 65 x 4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch
$11,609 $9,868
J'aime les Chemins d'Océan
Jean Duquoc
Painting - 81 x 65 x 4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch
$11,609 $9,868
Paris, Eiffel Liberté
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$167
The Time
Alexander (Sandro) Antadze
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,567
The Red Book
Alexander (Sandro) Antadze
Painting - 70 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,791
La passante mystérieuse au balcon
Jean-Pierre Al Courty
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Botanical sceneries - Petit palais Sévilles
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$726
Marine phare rochers
Jean-Jacques Gendron
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$8,819
IL ETAIT UNE FOIS MANHATTAN
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$999
Le banc public devant la ville - série vision du monde
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$447
Le banc public à Paris - série vision du monde
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$447
Le banc public devant le pont d'Avignon - série vision du monde
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$447
Singapore, gardens by the Bay 2
Bruno Paget
Photography - 60 x 80 x 2.7 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.1 inch
$2,791
Les Granges de Port Royal
André Roland Brudieux
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 49 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
$357
The End of the Day
Natalia Tretyakova
Painting - 55 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,456
Old Village Greece
Natalia Tretyakova
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,456
HACHIOJI’S NOCTURNAL WHISPERS : JOURNEY TO THE SUBLIME
Hiro Ando
Painting - 90 x 112 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 44.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,023
Purple Twilight Ballet : Orchids and Shadows in Battle Symphony
Hiro Ando
Painting - 80 x 107 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 42.1 x 2 inch
$4,465
109 BLOSSOMS IN BATTLE SYMPHONY : MIDNIGHT SONATA
Hiro Ando
Painting - 90 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$5,023
NOCTURNAL ECHOES OF SAMURAICAT : KOZOKUDORO HARMONY
Hiro Ando
Painting - 80 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$4,800
Piazza Venezia
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15.7 inch
$391
Door of Freedom
Helen Warner
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$2,523
Panorama of Gorokhovets
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$13,105
Avant l'Accalmie
Juliette Lamarca
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$4,465
Stranger in a Stranger Land
Matteo Nannini
Painting - 90 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,358
Dream City Prague- Charles Bridge
Sona Adalyan
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3.4 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.3 inch
$324
Stretched Canvas In Yellow
Derek Olson
Painting - 45.7 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 18 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$2,419
The Marina of the Marmaris
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 88.9 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 39 x 1 inch
$3,500
Above the Clouds
Marc Brousse
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$5,023
Senza titolo collezione Hong Kong
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 35 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch
$391
Senza titolo Collezione Hong Kong
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 35 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch
$391
Senza titolo collezione Hong Kong
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
$391
Senza titolo collezione Hong Kong
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 35 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch
$391
Inspirations méditerranéennes
Topolino
Print - 50.5 x 65 x 0.8 cm Print - 19.9 x 25.6 x 0.3 inch
$223
La facade en or et bronze
Madeleine Colaço
Painting - 125 x 170 x 1 cm Painting - 49.2 x 66.9 x 0.4 inch
$9,488
Evening in Amsterdam
Jan Brunclík
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$692
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!