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Circular Staircase Puerto Rico
Three Lions
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
€1,100
Eglise San Giovanni degli Eremiti
Antonio Ferrigno
Painting - 39.5 x 19.5 x 2 cm Painting - 15.6 x 7.7 x 0.8 inch
€880
Structure Urbaine 33
Piers Henriot
Fine Art Drawings - 37.5 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€600
Sunbeams Into Liverpool Street Station
Mirror Trinity Group Archives)
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
€595
Vassilis with farm equipment
Jen Sloan
Photography - 35 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€900
Around the axis - horizontal
Rimantas Milkintas
Sculpture - 125 x 125 x 300 cm Sculpture - 49.2 x 49.2 x 118.1 inch
€10,000
Tropical Space Hostal
Simon Vega
Photography - 51 x 76 x 4 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
€1,900
Coffee Table Pera S smoky oak Calacatta Viola
Un'common
Design - 44 x 40 x 40 cm Design - 17.3 x 15.7 x 15.7 inch
€1,300
Promenade à Bergheim, la Route des Vins
Georges Hosotte
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 62 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 24.4 inch
€650
View
Nicolas Damianakis
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.4 x 0 inch
€300
Intimate Talk (1)
Vladimir Khasiev
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 33 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 13 x 0.1 inch
€540
Meares and Cook Victoria
James Gordaneer
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 2 inch
€3,775
Blue #3
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€800
Bateau à marée basse 2
Gérard Desgranges
Painting - 54 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
€600
Au bord du lagon à Moorea
Henri Dufaux
Painting - 35 x 47 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 18.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,931
Place de Naples animée
Oscar Ricciardi
Painting - 38 x 22.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15 x 8.9 x 0.2 inch
€863
A la tombée du jour
Renée De Gagné
Painting - 152 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 59.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
Fête de village avec ramasseur de broussailles
Alexandre Marcette
Painting - 74 x 39.5 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 15.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,834
Basilique Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venise
Giuseppe Milto
Painting - 26.5 x 41 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch
€1,921
Paysage des Alpes Suisse
Edoardo De Grada
Painting - 30 x 35.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 14 x 0.2 inch
€1,295
Gondoles sur le grand canal à Venise
Andrea Biondetti
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 24.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 9.6 x 0.1 inch
€971
Paysage de campagne avec arbre fruitier en fleurs
Furlani
Painting - 34 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€971
Le Brassus, Vallée De Joux
Lucien Schwob
Painting - 65.5 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.8 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,565
Place de l'hôtel de ville à Paris
Henri Noizeux
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 32 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
€971
Deux amants dans un jardin au dessus de Paris
Lionello Balestrieri
Print - 49 x 65 x 0.3 cm Print - 19.3 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
€971
La Tuilerie
Alfred-Louis Brugère
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 34 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 13.4 x 0.1 inch
€863
Arbre en floraison au pied des Alpes autrichiennes
U. Maly
Fine Art Drawings - 36.5 x 26 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.4 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch
€971
Barques de pêcheur dans le port
P. Loutan
Painting - 27 x 35 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch
€1,349
Paysage italien avec pont
Trevisan
Painting - 42 x 54 x 1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch
€1,921
Pont de Zurich avec vue sur la rivière Limmat
Hans Albert Falk
Painting - 23 x 36 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.1 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
€971
Paysage de montagne avec chalets
E. Mariola
Painting - 60 x 75 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,457
Paysage de bord de mer, barque de pêcheur et voiliers
Maria Fortis
Painting - 49 x 68 x 2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,942
Balade des cygnes
Olga Steiner
Painting - 83.5 x 113.5 x 2 cm Painting - 32.9 x 44.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,295
Vue d'une ville du Moyen-Orient
Edouard Jacques Dufeu
Painting - 33.5 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13.2 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,619
Nightwatch Amsterdam
Peter Donkersloot
Print - 100 x 120 x 3 cm Print - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€2,450
Landscape with a Village
Charlotte Jamois
Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€450
Les bâches bleues
Célestin Messaggio
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€3,600
Illuminated
Victor Roschkov
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 66.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 26.3 x 0.1 inch
€628
Trafalgar Square From Above
Michael Wallner
Sculpture - 63 x 72 x 5 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 28.3 x 2 inch
€2,710
Malecon 15 años
Luis Miguel Valdes
Painting - 199.9 x 460 x 0.3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 181.1 x 0.1 inch
€25,164
Navona Square (Rome, Italy)
Giuseppe Malandrino
Print - 29.6 x 21 x 0.3 cm Print - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€220
Douceur de vivre a Sanary
Pierre-Jean Llado
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
L'Ile de la Cité et Notre-Dame de Paris
Michel-Henry
Print - 43 x 58 cm Print - 16.9 x 22.8 inch
€200
Landscape
Emmanuel Charles Jodelet
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 25 x 0.4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
€330
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!