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New York City Rain #8
Marco Barberio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,888
View from the terrace large version - Positano painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$354
Vertical gulf view - Sorrento painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$354
Hide-And-Seek (Blue & Yellow)
Téber
Photography - 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,922
La ville, Les maisons, Les Visages (1)
Morten Schelde
Print - 28 x 21.5 cm Print - 11 x 8.5 inch
$169
Sans titre - Encyclopédie Vagabonde
Antoine Grumbach
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 23 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.1 inch
$4,832
La ville, Les maisons, Les Visages (5)
Morten Schelde
Print - 28 x 21.5 cm Print - 11 x 8.5 inch
$169
La ville, Les maisons, Les Visages (3)
Morten Schelde
Print - 28 x 21.5 cm Print - 11 x 8.5 inch
$169
La ville, Les maisons, Les Visages (2)
Morten Schelde
Print - 28 x 21.5 cm Print - 11 x 8.5 inch
$169
Windy Morning
Asya Feoktistova
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$10,197
What is in the deep underground?
Minseon Gu
Painting - 73 x 34.5 x 4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 13.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,809
"Shanghai dans la brume" acrylique collage 100x50cm châssis lin 2009
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,236
Printed Suspensions
Ignacio Barrios
Photography - 150 x 300 x 4 cm Photography - 59.1 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch
$13,484
Temple Roulant
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 23.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.2 x 9.3 x 0.4 inch
$6,742
A Journey to Reencounter Japanese Landscapes 5
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.8 x 28.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.4 x 0 inch
$899
Who is there
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$2,922
De cendre et de rouillle
Bernard Ambielle
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,697
Old Bridge. Mostar
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,800
Evening Bellagio
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,800
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc (Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print)
Slim Aarons
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
$4,146
Tout finit par s’effacer, du moins pâlir
Juliette Lamarca
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,371
Northern Factory & Orange Sunset
Marion Sagon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$3,596
Réfectoire vide
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 13 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$494
Hay bales and poppies - Tuscany landscape painting
Gino Masini
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$337
Village dans la vallée
Peltzer Marc
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$7,866
Sunny day on the coast - Positano painting (Italy) + frame
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$410
View of the gulf - Sorrento painting Italy
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$258
Yerevan's Architectural Tapestry
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$350
L'ami quotidien
Juliette Lamarca
Painting - 130 x 97 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,371
The sun goes down - Positano painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$354
Towards the village - Positano painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$354
Flowery belvedere - Sorrento painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$354
Vers Louvre-Dauphine
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$5,000
L'arche d'alliance 1/8
Lisbeth Delisle
Sculpture - 39 x 20 x 14 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 7.9 x 5.5 inch
$5,057
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!