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Limiting (What You See Is What You Get)
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
Gateway
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
Daltonism
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
$6,000
Desire of a city II
Maral Der Boghossian
Painting - 149 x 70.5 cm Painting - 58.7 x 27.8 inch
$7,956
Nightly composition with the house
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.7 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.3 inch
$1,549
Période bleu
Yannick Bouillault
Sculpture - 37 x 34 x 27 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 13.4 x 10.6 inch
$679
Les cabanes sur la plage
Pierrette Dijonneau
Painting - 17 x 22 x 1 cm Painting - 6.7 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch
$328
Les cabanes sur la plage
Pierrette Dijonneau
Painting - 17 x 22 x 1 cm Painting - 6.7 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch
$328
Une nuit de confort (2017-4)
Hyun Ah KIM
Painting - 20 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$283
Twin Palms #2
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$396
View of the gulf - Sorrento painting
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$260
Flowery house on the coast - Sorrento painting
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$260
Phare de Montreuil
James Chedburn
Sculpture - 23 x 24 x 9 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 9.4 x 3.5 inch
$3,845 $3,461
Quiet country farmhouse - Tuscany landscape painting
Claudio Pallini
Painting - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$187
Corridor of Cram School
Wang Dianyu
Painting - 50 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$452
Parisian city life - France Belle Epoque painting
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$509
La soledad de las columnas (1)
Luis Miguel Valdes
Painting - 140 x 460 x 0.3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 181.1 x 0.1 inch
$28,000
Souvenir d'une nuit étoilée
Alione
Painting - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$5,202
La rue est à nous
Florence Le Van
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$452
Plus de chien qui aboie
Miguel Nunez Rauschert
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,071
Okage Yokocho - série voyage en Asie
Brigitte Genty
Painting - 20 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$413
La chambre de Van Gogh revisitée
Alione
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,940
Tempête
Audrey Rouvin
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$452
Coca Cola 7 up - New York 1964
Michel Hosszù
Print - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$317
The Parable of the Tree
Ivan Shyshman
Painting - 92 x 72.5 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.5 x 0.8 inch
$14,702
Derrière le portail
Agnès Cellérier
Painting - 27 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$309
Sans titre (Grenouille/maison/cloche)
Daniel Nadaud
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 74 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch
$452
Le petit banc de bois - 2/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$204
Merci la caisse d’épargne
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$204
Mourir d’amour enchaîné - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$204
Gothica
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,315
Call Me Too Love Me
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$463
Amazing stairway
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$9,115
"Szenen der Ungewissheit", #3311
Oliver Lipinski
Photography - 21 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.3 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$334
Monastere fortifie
Louis Devienne
Painting - 79 x 118 x 2 cm Painting - 31.1 x 46.5 x 0.8 inch
$8,256
In the age of Brutalism
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 45.7 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$523
Flat Iron II
Tom Leighton
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 inch
$16,000
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!