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Rue Lanmorin
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 40 x 180 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,135
Les colonnes n°2
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$558 $502
Variations sur béton n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$558
Introspection at the Pantheon
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.04 inch
$4,500
Les colonnes n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$3,237
Bain de soleil
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$7,033
Gynécée
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$7,033
Marie-Antoinette
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 140 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 55.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$7,702
La Maîtresse
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$334
Neve
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,674
Les danseurs au clair de lune
Lionel Morateur
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$307
La grappe de la terre promise, monument maquette
Ivan Theimer
Sculpture - 28 x 16 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11 x 6.3 x 4.3 inch
$13,395
Extraction n°2
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$3,237
The Wind II - Desert Flower, Medium Print
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Figure Collection : Light version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 150.1 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,567
Figure Collection : Light version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 150.1 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,567
Figure Collection : Light version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 150.1 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,567
Figure Collection : Light Version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 100.1 x 150.1 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,567
Figure Collection : Dark version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 80 x 100.1 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,400
Figure Collection : Dark version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 100.1 x 59.9 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,400
Figure Collection : Dark Version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 100.1 x 100.1 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,400
Billboard Hamburg, Reeperbahn
Marion Zimmermann
Painting - 27.5 x 20.5 x 0.01 cm Painting - 10.8 x 8.1 x 0 inch
$184
Un monde de contradiction
Florence Le Van
Photography - 25 x 19 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 7.5 x 0.4 inch
$447
Catharsis n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$502 $452
Les gradins n°2
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$502
Les gradins n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$502
Les colonnes n°3
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$223
Les colonnes n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$223
Variations sur béton n°5
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$251
Variations sur béton n°4
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$363
N° 991 Etroits sont les vaisseaux.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$558
Party at the Eiffel Tower, inspired by Delaunay
Catherine Clare
Print - 115 x 50 x 3 cm Print - 45.3 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,340
N° 109 Baalbek. Temple de Vénus 2.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2.4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.9 inch
$670
N° 108 Baalbek. Temple de Vénus 1
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$558
Endless reweaving 1
Leyla Cardenas
Photography - 118 x 129 x 2 cm Photography - 46.5 x 50.8 x 0.8 inch
Price upon request
Emergency
Icy & Sot
Photography - 76 x 114 x 5 cm Photography - 29.9 x 44.9 x 2 inch
Price upon request
Subir o bajar_III
David Moreno
Sculpture - 48 x 20 x 60 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 7.9 x 23.6 inch
Price upon request
Retour à la caverne, acte I, collage, Paris
JR
Print - 35 x 35 x 4 cm Print - 13.8 x 13.8 x 1.6 inch
Price upon request
Hommage A Eiffel
Arman
Sculpture - 35 x 20 x 7 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 7.9 x 2.8 inch
Price upon request
French Countryside
Filippo De Pisis
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
Price upon request
Rolex, New York City by Night
Johann Perathoner
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Venice II
Jean-Baptiste Delarue
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
Price upon request
Bienvenido Lewandowski
Jean-Baptiste Delarue
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
Price upon request
The Craneman
Didier Engels
Photography - 120 x 80 x 9 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Power intention
Didier Engels
Photography - 120 x 85 x 9 cm Photography - 47.2 x 33.5 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Its my red
Didier Engels
Photography - 140 x 130 x 9 cm Photography - 55.1 x 51.2 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Its my green
Didier Engels
Photography - 140 x 130 x 9 cm Photography - 55.1 x 51.2 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Its my blue
Didier Engels
Photography - 140 x 130 x 9 cm Photography - 55.1 x 51.2 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Framed
Didier Engels
Photography - 120 x 95 x 9 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.4 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Dark and More
Didier Engels
Photography - 140 x 130 x 9 cm Photography - 55.1 x 51.2 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Container Maniac Three
Didier Engels
Photography - 120 x 120 x 9 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
The Pink One
Didier Engels
Photography - 140 x 100 x 9 cm Photography - 55.1 x 39.4 x 3.5 inch
Price upon request
Gratte-ciel
Ariel Elizondo Lizarraga
Sculpture - 136 x 27 x 31 cm Sculpture - 53.5 x 10.6 x 12.2 inch
Sold
Dreaming on the Bookshef
Alexandr Klemens
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
Sold
La vie est belle
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 150 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Childhood dreams-64
Abgar Khachatryan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
Sold
The Moonlight Of Prague
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Il ritorno della signora A.
Sergio Ceccotti
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Childhood dreams-61
Abgar Khachatryan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Around The World
Diederik Van Apple
Painting - 125 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
Sold
The Magnolia’s Dream Of The Old Town
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
Sold
The Magnolia’s Breeze Of The Maisel Synagogue
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 8.3 x 0 inch
Sold
The Magnolia’s Breeze Of the Old Town
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 8.3 x 0 inch
Sold
New York City rain #6
Marco Barberio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Field of daisies - Tuscany landscape painting
Gino Masini
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
Colline aux cyprès
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
Sold
28 Millimètres, Women Are Heroes - Swimming Pool, Intercontinental Hotel, Verticale, Monrovia, Liberia
JR
Print - 98 x 72 cm Print - 38.6 x 28.3 inch
Sold
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!