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Small landscape - Village 1
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 15 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$558
Blue House-Nederland
Sona Adalyan
Painting - 15 x 20 x 0.2 cm Painting - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$225 $202
Miami Downtown 2017 16
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Miami 02-14 02bn
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Downtown Miami nov 2013 05bn
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Miami Stripes 09 02bn
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Miami Downtown 15bn
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$4,999
Miami Downtown 13bn
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Miami 10partbn2
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$4,999
Art Deco ott.c
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Art Deco ott.b.
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$4,999
Miami Stripes 01
Luca Artioli
Photography - 61 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Charm
Tomo Sakurai
Fine Art Drawings - 109 x 158 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 42.9 x 62.2 x 0.8 inch
$10,113
NYC, south Manhattan
Bruno Paget
Photography - 100 x 198 x 2.7 cm Photography - 39.4 x 78 x 1.1 inch
$7,866
The Castellan
Florisa Cordova
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 5.5 x 0 inch
$281
Places des Fêtes, Paris (Bus 60)
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$201
Le café à St Germain des Prés
Christian Jodin
Painting - 60 x 92 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.4 inch
$506
Whitfield Garden
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$556
Checkmate mundo de sombras, Milan
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Gothic – Milan
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
The Left Hand Points Toward Home
Jessica Houston
Photography - 55.9 x 83.8 cm Photography - 22 x 33 inch
$3,371
Egg, Sao Paulo
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Vie secrète
Guillaume Lachapelle
Sculpture - 15 x 12 x 11 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 4.7 x 4.3 inch
$2,800
1972 Muse à la Sculpture de granit monumentale MATHAUSEN
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,259
Seaside with flowers vertical version - Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$365
Boulevard des Capucines
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 93 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 36.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
Basilique Santa Maria Della Salute
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,798
Porte Saint Denis
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 93 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 36.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,686
Derrière l'Opéra
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,011
Madrid, Gran Vía Otoño
Leticia Felgueroso
Photography - 120 x 200 cm Photography - 47.2 x 78.7 inch
$4,354
Vertigo - Photographie argentique - Paris
Jules Gorce
Photography - 20 x 30 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 inch
$787
Montmartre - La Fille en Jaune
Sylvie Schambill
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$506
Wutun Temple in Snow
Shine Huang
Photography - 50.8 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,400
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!