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Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Le Vieux Monsieur.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 22 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13 x 0 inch
€200
Sans titre - série mer et phares
Alain Abramatic
Painting - 55 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch
€540
Marine 42 - série mer et phares
Alain Abramatic
Painting - 55 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch
€540
Fraserbourg - série mer et phares
Alain Abramatic
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€650
Chairman Mao’s Long Journey, Building the Guggenheim
Erró
Painting - 104 x 63 x 2 cm Painting - 40.9 x 24.8 x 0.8 inch
€7,500
Ferme de Saint Georges
René Guinand
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€2,266
Après avoir marché tout est beau
Juliette June
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 1 inch
€900
DIOR Grand Palais Spring/Summer 2006 Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 120 x 160 cm Photography - 47.2 x 63 inch
€9,000
Wren library, Cambridge
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 159 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 62.6 x 0.8 inch
€6,000
Black & White Atmosphere
Daniel Castan
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,500
Spring behind the fence
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 45 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,700
Landscape with a Barrel
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
Escalier en colimaçon 6
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Escalier en colimaçon 5
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Escalier en colimaçon 4
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Escalier en colimaçon 3
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Escalier en colimaçon 2
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Escalier en colimaçon 1
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
La dame sous la neige
Eric Turlot
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Don't worry, Spring will come (...April in Paris)
Max Baris
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€5,400
Le Cannet by night
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,950
Red Roof Triptych
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 30 x 90 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0.6 inch
€700
Le Notti Lyriche di Capri
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 106 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 41.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
€7,000
Tour d'Ulster - Guerre 14-18
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€160
Le Tunnel - série Paysage et Architecture
Gilbert Ovtcharenko
Painting - 66 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 26 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,570
Les Marches - série Paysage et Architecture
Gilbert Ovtcharenko
Painting - 66 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 26 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,690
Golden Flame
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
€5,807
Composition de Notre Dame
Paul Mathey
Painting - 29 x 41 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
€1,079
Blue House Totem
Michel Tabanou
Painting - 32.5 x 26 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.8 x 10.25 x 0.1 inch
€800
Fenêtre sur soi - série Paysage imaginaire
Dominique Arzoumanian (Darzou)
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€520
Elle et son prince charmant
Anne-Marie Vesco
Painting - 27 x 22 x 4.05 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,500
La clé des songes
Anne-Marie Vesco
Painting - 34 x 26 x 3 cm Painting - 13.4 x 10.2 x 1.2 inch
€1,500
Bord de l'eau - Paysage marin et son village
Forg
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,250
Les falaises du Trocadéro 18 mai 2021 19h58
JR
Print - 64 x 96 x 1 cm Print - 25.2 x 37.8 x 0.4 inch
€3,500
Untitled, Morocco.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€600
Untitled, Marrakech Morocco.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€500
Wheel and compass
Patrick Chevailler
Painting - 65 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,600
This place has been here before #1
Radina Stoimenova
Fine Art Drawings - 97 x 140 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 38.2 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch
€1,440
#2, from the series 'The memory of objects remains in safe spaces'
Radina Stoimenova
Painting - 130 x 63 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 24.8 x 0 inch
€840
Unreal Perception of the World
Dumisani Karamanski
Painting - 175 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 68.9 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
€3,300
Street view in Paris
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 130 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
Au grand Palais
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,300
Le Moulin de Janot
Georges R. Quinio
Painting - 38 x 46 x 4 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.6 inch
€1,500
Paseando por el lac Leman
Josep Teixido
Painting - 27 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
€630
Iggy Pop, Ann Arbor, MI, 1968
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€1,452
Yomeimon of Toshogu
Marco Araldi
Painting - 81.5 x 81.5 x 5 cm Painting - 32.1 x 32.1 x 2 inch
€3,942
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!