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The Old Country Refuge
Zhirayr Khachatryan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€576
Ronds mécaniques
Bruno Rigolle
Painting - 110 x 80 x 0.001 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,000
Dinard - La ronde de la Malouine - série Paysage de bord de mer Bretagne
Laurent Lamare
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,500 €3,150
New York, Green Carpet
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
€180
Another day in Paradise
Leo Bengtson
Painting - 116 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,950
Nature sauvage
Virginie Mézan de Malartic
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,900
Flowering on baroque gate - Italian painting
Giuseppe Landi
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€625
La nuit porte mes pas
Juliette Lamarca
Painting - 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,000
Four Times the Living Space
Brian Nash
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
€1,679
Moulage brutaliste en béton des choux de Créteil par le studio Spaceplay et la galerie 54 Dunkerque.
Spaceplay Spaceplay
Sculpture - 9 x 3 x 3 cm Sculpture - 3.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 inch
€80
Ponte di Rialto - Venice painting
Antonio Sgarbossa
Painting - 85 x 85 x 1 cm Painting - 33.5 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch
€785
City Palace. Udaipur. Inde.
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
€750
Where the tower is
Rieko Kuriyama
Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 1.2 inch
€850
Le torrent dans la montagne
Bernard Gantner
Painting - 81 x 100 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 inch
€8,500
Casa Désirs Divins
Chrystèle Saint-Amaux
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€247
San Giorgio Maggiore
Michael Neamand
Painting - 83.8 x 127 x 3.8 cm Painting - 33 x 50 x 1.5 inch
€3,070
At the End of the Day
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 44 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 17.3 x 13 x 0.8 inch
€1,900
Graduation Day, Rockefeller Chapel, UChicago, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Leon Sarantos
Painting - 55.9 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 22 x 28 x 1 inch
€3,732
Light it up like dynamite!
Isabelle Derecque
Painting - 126 x 126 x 3 cm Painting - 49.6 x 49.6 x 1.2 inch
€4,500
Traction #1
Florian Pugnaire
Sculpture - 125 x 68 x 80 cm Sculpture - 49.2 x 26.8 x 31.5 inch
€12,000
Endormie
Stella Dite Loo'ise
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
€1,300
Cosi after the rain
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Le manoir englouti
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
€1,300
Sunset Rooftops
Mark Jeffrey Weiss
Painting - 117 x 86 x 4 cm Painting - 46.1 x 33.9 x 1.6 inch
€1,680
Funky Metropolis London
Maria Luisa Azzini
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.8 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.5 inch
€1,300
Le petit prince rencontre Hockney
Sokar
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
The birth of Venus
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 35 x 45 x 1.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.6 inch
€950
Bibliothèque d’eau de mer
Anne-Laure Wuillai
Sculpture - 70 x 42 x 10 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 16.5 x 3.9 inch
€6,500
Vanderbilt avenue
Patrick Rousseau
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
Moon Shin Museum Stairs 1975
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 3.9 inch
€1,900
Festival of Fire
Ofobuike Okudoh
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 49.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.5 inch
€3,000
La rencontre
Franck-Bernard Gaulier
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Bougainvillea
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
On écoute le grand pere
Fausto Perez
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,500
Twin Palms Contemporary Oil Painting
Karen Lynn
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 inch
€4,606
Je ne suis pas le troupeau.
Michel Bianconi
Painting - 97 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,900
Tornando con le spese, Novembre 1955 - New York
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 60 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
€1,650
Bleu Léman | Vevey Suisse
Gwenaël Bollinger
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€780
Tropical Landscape
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Fine Art Drawings - 26.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.4 x 14 x 0 inch
€600
Arche à intérioriser
Sylvie Groud
Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
€720
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!