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Nocturne Place de Mexico
Alena Carbonel
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Submerged Civilization III
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Submerged Civilization II
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Submerged Civilization I
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Sorry for people whom came to new york and don't know anybody
Manuela Karin Knaut
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€4,600
Le petit pont de Central Park - série New York
Marianne Dencausse
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,875
Paris la Tour Effel
Philippe De Lestrange
Print - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Print - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Haloween sur mer
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
€700
The Angels Wanna Wear my Red Shoes
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,650
La mort en fete dans le forêt profonde
Anne-Marie Vesco
Painting - 33 x 25 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
€1,500
Le café renversé
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 60 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
€950
Evanescence
Alain Longeaud
Photography - 65 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€1,250
Distorted Landscape 4
Silvia Popova
Painting - 96 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 37.8 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,480
La porte d'or, Place Stanislas, Nancy
Jame's Prunier
Painting - 46 x 65 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 inch
€1,500
Coucher du soleil au Pont Royal et Notre Dame, Paris
André René César Brechet
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€1,403
La Plage - série bord de mer
Carla PM
Painting - 31 x 23 x 3 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.1 x 1.2 inch
€390
Chiesa di Garnier - Bordighera
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€660
Élévation au Musée - Corée
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
€250
Saint Malo et le Fort National
Françoise Lavenu
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,320
Les lumières de Central Park
Vianney
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€3,050
Native Ambience II
Innocent Chikezie
Painting - 122 x 122 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.2 inch
€2,400
Story of old doors
Arevik Gasparyan
Painting - 65 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,452 €1,234
Oxford Street. London
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
The Autumn Yard - autumn landscape painting
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,030
Cy Twombly’s chair.
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
€1,065
Memory - Autumn landscape
Mitko Dimitrov
Painting - 40 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
Un après midi sur la baie de San Francisco
Vianney
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
Porch Steps
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 101 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€835
Le mas des garrigues
Pierrick Tual
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,880
Sandra Nunnerley at home
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 22 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€871
Hamish Bowles apartment in New York
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 27.9 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 15 x 0.1 inch
€968
Windows in the East
Jeff Cunningham
Sculpture - 42 x 30 x 1.5 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
€1,226
Serie Chapadmalal #8482
Marcel Antelo
Photography - 43 x 59 cm Photography - 16.9 x 23.2 inch
€1,820
Chiesa del gesù - Genova
Antonio Bettuelli
Painting - 29.7 x 21 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
€1,430
Forte fratello minore - Genova
Antonio Bettuelli
Painting - 33 x 33 cm Painting - 13 x 13 inch
€1,430
Il chiostro di Palazzo Serra Gerace - Genova
Antonio Bettuelli
Painting - 32 x 24 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 inch
€1,430
La Salute, Venise
Percival Pernet
Painting - 72 x 92 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.3 x 36.2 x 0.2 inch
€1,187
Village dans la brume
Marianne Dencausse Robbe
Painting - 65 x 92 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 inch
€1,060
Tata et le vieux
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 156 x 164 x 2 cm Painting - 61.4 x 64.6 x 0.8 inch
€13,500
Voyage voyage
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€380
Bientôt les vacances
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€380
Journée d'automne
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€280
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!