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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
Contrada Scotola
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
1972 Black Metallica 2
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Sculpture - 27 x 4 x 4 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 1.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,950
Bateaux de pêcheurs. L'île de Bréhat
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 30 x 42.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 11.8 x 16.7 x 0.1 inch
€135
Big Ben Big Bang
Arthur Steel
Photography - 48 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
€1,825
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
Balade dans un parc à Rome
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 27 x 39 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.6 x 15.4 x 0 inch
€135
Green & Blue Interior
Edmund Sumner
Photography - 119 x 84 x 0.1 cm Photography - 46.9 x 33.1 x 0 inch
€2,682
A sandy for Edward Hopper
Cristina J. Rey
Photography - 28 x 39 cm Photography - 11 x 15.4 inch
€190
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
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
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
Cy Twombly’s chair.
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
€1,055
Venice, Italy
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 40.1 x 40.1 x 2 cm Painting - 15.8 x 15.8 x 0.8 inch
€782
Composition de Notre Dame
Paul Mathey
Painting - 29 x 41 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
€1,054
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
Sandra Nunnerley at home
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 22 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€864
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
€959
Architecture
Sergio Storel
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€875
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
Daffy
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€3,900
Szenen der Ungewissheit, #3303
Oliver Lipinski
Photography - 21 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.3 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€295
Insta(nt)llation - Panthéon, Rome 2. 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 26 x 20 x 3 cm Photography - 10.2 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
€930
Insta(nt)llation - Panthéon, Paris 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 28.5 x 19 x 2 cm Photography - 11.2 x 7.5 x 0.8 inch
€930
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
Bus 60, Parc de Belleville
Camille Léage
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€179
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
Tamin Tigers
Manuela Karin Knaut
Painting - 230 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 90.6 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
€5,600
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
LI JAGYONG 1991 Monotype MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul
Li Ja-gyong
Print - 22.5 x 31.5 x 0.5 cm Print - 8.9 x 12.4 x 0.2 inch
€990
New York (Silk Roads)
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€199
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
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
€1,439
Le Havre, Porte Océane
Lassana Sarr
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
L'escalier (3)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€400
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!