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![Painting, Fenêtre II, Martine Lallement](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1910205_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amsterdam city view III, Peter Donkersloot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741956_1_grid.jpg)
Amsterdam city view III
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$9,507
![Painting, Amsterdam city view II, Peter Donkersloot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741953_1_grid.jpg)
Amsterdam city view II
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 160 x 230 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 90.6 x 1.2 inch
$19,573
![Photography, Street comfort, Paul J Bucknall](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1661718_1_grid.jpg)
Street comfort
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 61 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$695
![Fine Art Drawings, Places (2), Robbie Cornelissen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1647519_1_grid.jpg)
Places (2)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,890
![Fine Art Drawings, Places (1), Robbie Cornelissen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1647516_1_grid.jpg)
Places (1)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$1,890
![Fine Art Drawings, Places (underworld), Robbie Cornelissen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1647513_1_grid.jpg)
Places (underworld)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 33 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$1,890
![Fine Art Drawings, Places (Horreum), Robbie Cornelissen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1647510_1_grid.jpg)
Places (Horreum)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 33 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$1,890
![Painting, Sans titre, MG La Bomba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1594968_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Eaton Square, Jonathan McFadden](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515024_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Peripheral Visions - 04, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1459227_1_grid.jpg)
Peripheral Visions - 04
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, Peripheral Visions - 03, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1459224_1_grid.jpg)
Peripheral Visions - 03
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, Peripheral Visions - 02, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1459221_1_grid.jpg)
Peripheral Visions - 02
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, From Glass to Reflections - 14, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457193_1_grid.jpg)
From Glass to Reflections - 14
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, From Glass to Reflections - 13, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457187_1_grid.jpg)
From Glass to Reflections - 13
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, From Glass to Reflections - 12, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457178_1_grid.jpg)
From Glass to Reflections - 12
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, From Glass to Reflections - 11, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457166_1_grid.jpg)
From Glass to Reflections - 11
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, From Glass to Reflections - 9, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457139_1_grid.jpg)
From Glass to Reflections - 9
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, From Glass to Reflections - 8, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457136_1_grid.jpg)
From Glass to Reflections - 8
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, From Glass to Reflections - 7, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457133_1_grid.jpg)
From Glass to Reflections - 7
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, From Glass to Reflections - 6, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457130_1_grid.jpg)
From Glass to Reflections - 6
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, From Glass to Reflections - 5, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457127_1_grid.jpg)
From Glass to Reflections - 5
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, From Glass to Reflections - 4, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457121_1_grid.jpg)
From Glass to Reflections - 4
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, From Glass to Reflections - 3, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457115_1_grid.jpg)
From Glass to Reflections - 3
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, From Glass to Reflections - 2, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457112_1_grid.jpg)
From Glass to Reflections - 2
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Photography, From Glass to Reflections - 1, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457079_1_grid.jpg)
From Glass to Reflections - 1
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,007
![Painting, Casa Navás, Josep Moscardó](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1405461_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Capvespre quadrat d'or, Barcelona, Josep Moscardó](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1405452_1_grid.jpg)
Capvespre quadrat d'or, Barcelona
Josep Moscardó
Painting - 60 x 130 cm Painting - 23.6 x 51.2 inch
$5,033
![Painting, Cambrils, Josep Moscardó](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1376157_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Jour d'Entraînement, Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1333218_1_grid.jpg)
Jour d'Entraînement
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$334
![Painting, White, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1290552_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nothing life objects, Aasiri Wickremage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1282092_1_grid.jpg)
Nothing life objects
Aasiri Wickremage
Painting - 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$168
![Photography, Absorbés par le temps - 7, Clara Cena](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1278312_1_grid.jpg)
Absorbés par le temps - 7
Clara Cena
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$649
![Photography, Absorbés par le temps - 3, Clara Cena](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1278276_1_grid.jpg)
Absorbés par le temps - 3
Clara Cena
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$649
![Painting, Deforming, Jos Luchipe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224759_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Plaça Prim. Reus, Josep Moscardó](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1178433_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Svarbova Splash Stage 1, Ana Patitú](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1111143_1_grid.jpg)
Svarbova Splash Stage 1
Ana Patitú
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
$1,778
![Painting, Svarbova Splash Stage 2, Ana Patitú](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1111131_1_grid.jpg)
Svarbova Splash Stage 2
Ana Patitú
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
$1,778
![Photography, In our Intimate Moments - 10, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1081815_1_grid.jpg)
In our Intimate Moments - 10
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,454
![Photography, Nous sommes tous des enfants, Jean Valera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/974781_1_grid.jpg)
Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$123
![Photography, Lost Words, Cristina Rizzi Guelfi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/957357_1_grid.jpg)
Lost Words
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 36 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 14.2 x 1.2 inch
$559
![Photography, Dreamhouse series n.14, Cristina Rizzi Guelfi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/957351_1_grid.jpg)
Dreamhouse series n.14
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
$559
![Painting, New - York Manhattan, Valerie Le Meur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/954456_1_grid.jpg)
New - York Manhattan
Valerie Le Meur
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,908
![Painting, A quiet spot, Valerie Le Meur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/954264_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sous les pavés, Valerie Le Meur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/954249_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Light Illuminating Monopoli, Alex Bertaina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/946143_1_grid.jpg)
Light Illuminating Monopoli
Alex Bertaina
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$6,355
![Print, Energy Self-sufficient House 5 b, Lucio Forte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/942642_1_grid.jpg)
Energy Self-sufficient House 5 b
Lucio Forte
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$110
![Photography, Dreamhouse n.10, Cristina Rizzi Guelfi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/925524_1_grid.jpg)
Dreamhouse n.10
Cristina Rizzi Guelfi
Photography - 50 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
$559
![Print, Talenti Park, Lucio Forte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896481_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Palais sur le Grand Canal, Célestin Messaggio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/873930_1_grid.jpg)
Palais sur le Grand Canal
Célestin Messaggio
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$8,836
![Print, Piazza di Spagna, Giuseppe Megna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/841107_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La gargouille, Lionel Morateur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/820980_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La machine à remonter le temps, Lionel Morateur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/762711_1_grid.jpg)
La machine à remonter le temps
Lionel Morateur
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$308
![Print, Le chat qui s'en va tout seul, Lionel Morateur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/759885_1_grid.jpg)
Le chat qui s'en va tout seul
Lionel Morateur
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$308
![Print, L'oeil regardait Cain, Lionel Morateur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/759810_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La place de la Concorde, Simon Pradinas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/526631_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'abbaye de Cluny, Simon Pradinas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/526625_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Du côté de la Bourse, Simon Pradinas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/526619_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, De la Place d'Italie à la Bibliothèque nationale, Simon Pradinas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/526604_1_grid.jpg)
De la Place d'Italie à la Bibliothèque nationale
Simon Pradinas
Painting - 73 x 54 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 inch
$1,756
![Painting, La gare de Lyon, Simon Pradinas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/526592_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les Invalides, Simon Pradinas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/526571_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Sorbonne, Simon Pradinas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/526547_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The pool, Clément Dezelus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/47307_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le palais berbère, Célestin Messaggio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/436068_1_grid.jpg)
Le palais berbère
Célestin Messaggio
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$8,344
![Painting, Pont Royal, Paris, Neal Turner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176193_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Envoutement, Aurélie Dussossoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171988_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cementerio de Santa Eulalia - Unha, Adriana Setter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161372_1_grid.jpg)
Cementerio de Santa Eulalia - Unha
Adriana Setter
Painting - 41 x 33 x 1.5 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.6 inch
$783
![Print, Petit souvenir d'Orient, Sophie Petetin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155304_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Clair de lune à New-York, Cécile Jaunet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155013_1_grid.jpg)
Clair de lune à New-York
Cécile Jaunet
Painting - 90 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,711
![Sculpture, Cubic Geometry Six-27, David Umemoto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150357_1_grid.jpg)
Cubic Geometry Six-27
David Umemoto
Sculpture - 15.2 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm Sculpture - 6 x 6 x 6 inch
$671
![Sculpture, Six Sided Piece Side 5, David Umemoto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150354_1_grid.jpg)
Six Sided Piece Side 5
David Umemoto
Sculpture - 22.9 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm Sculpture - 9 x 7 x 7 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Moonlight, Matteo Nannini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2124675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Electus, Jérôme Guillet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113260_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eminulus, Jérôme Guillet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113149_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lille Grand Place, Jérôme Guillet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113140_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ellis island, Valerie Le Meur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1966791_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, NY City Hall, Lucio Forte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1942338_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Souk of Marrakech - Collection Morocco, Rodrigo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1919691_1_grid.jpg)
The Souk of Marrakech - Collection Morocco
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.7 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.5 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,113
![Painting, Tight Corner 1, Kehinde Oyafajo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1911492_1_grid.jpg)
Tight Corner 1
Kehinde Oyafajo
Painting - 119.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$2,800
![Photography, What's inside?, Hélène Hubert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803711_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hansel and Gretel, Hélène Hubert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803693_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Inner Rain, Hélène Hubert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803654_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Where is Elsa?, Hélène Hubert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803639_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Apple of Love, Hélène Hubert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803633_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 5 Pont Aven 22, Mario Domenicale](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1777086_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Water Street, Lucio Forte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766442_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L'Ange Rouge, Walter Carone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1731981_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Venice - Piazza San Marco, Jan Brunclík](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700520_1_grid.jpg)
Venice - Piazza San Marco
Jan Brunclík
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$615 $554
![Print, Board de la Seine, Michel Delacroix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1636560_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Elenco di cose, Tino Stefanoni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1632042_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Casali, Tino Stefanoni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1512783_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Silos e pino, Tino Stefanoni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1512717_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Casolare grigio, Tino Stefanoni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1512552_1_grid.jpg)
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!