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Paysage de campagne
Maurice Sarkissoff
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,931
Notre Dame Monochrome
Adrien Faveau
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,700
From Glass to Reflections - 7
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
€900
Paris, Eiffel Liberté
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€180
Matière et couleurs de Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Place du village animée
B. Ciappa
Painting - 32 x 26 x 2 cm Painting - 12.6 x 10.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,921
La Plage - série bord de mer
Carla PM
Painting - 31 x 23 x 3 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.1 x 1.2 inch
€390
Ferme au bord de la rivière
Albert Silvestre
Painting - 60 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,942
La Tour Seegmuller - 2
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.6 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€190
Lichtreflex - Translation / Rotation
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 38 x 28 cm Photography - 15 x 11 inch
€15,000
Rue de l´Épée-de-Bois, Paris
Neal Turner
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€860
Iglesia de Santa Eulalia - Unha
Adriana Setter
Painting - 41 x 33 x 1.5 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.6 inch
€700
Colorado Street bridge, Pasadena
John Kilduff
Painting - 29.7 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
€527
Classic Car Rendezvous
Ellie Hesse
Painting - 80 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€3,689
Connecting Bridge
Richard Szkutnik
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 0.2 inch
€1,984
The Pantiles with Snow
Brian King
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
€874
Life Under Bridge 2
Segun Phillips
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€3,871
Smart - Collection Architecture
Rodrigo
Photography - 26.7 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.5 x 14 x 0 inch
€1,250
Luna Park - Collection We luv NYC
Rodrigo
Photography - 35.1 x 27.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 10.7 x 0 inch
€1,999
Planète Mars - Collection Hey Mars
Rodrigo
Photography - 35.6 x 26.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14 x 10.5 x 0 inch
€1,250
Love in the tropics
Rodrigo
Photography - 35.6 x 23.8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€1,999
Little Odessa, New York.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€450
Fenêtre sur soi - série Paysage imaginaire
Dominique Arzoumanian (Darzou)
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
€290
Paris Tertre Place - Summer Evening
Christian Jodin
Painting - 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch
€495
Structural Beauty
Alexander Benz
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€460
Les Granges de Port Royal
André Roland Brudieux
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 49 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
€320
New York Skyliner V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,290
New York Skyliner III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,290
Model for Monument to the White Squirrel
Brandon Vickerd
Sculpture - 30.5 x 30.5 x 20.3 cm Sculpture - 12 x 12 x 8 inch
€6,000
Balade en pirogue
Michel Rauscher
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,900
Tour Eiffel culturelle
Stéphane Cantin
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
€280
Color Blocking (Sunrise)
Téber
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,250
Energy Flows (Gold)
Téber
Photography - 50.3 x 50.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.8 x 19.8 x 0 inch
€1,250
Vieille ville de Srinagar
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 39 x 49 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 19.3 x 0 inch
€800
Sindhu Palchowk
Marie Dorigny
Photography - 39 x 49 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 19.3 x 0 inch
€800
Old village on the rock - Tuscany landscape painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€900
Matthew Barney, Cremaster 5
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 43.2 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€3,871
Western Church in Amsterdam.
Anna Pavlova
Painting - 63.5 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25 x 18 x 1 inch
€842
Old farmhouses - Tuscany painting landscape
Andrea Borella
Painting - 100 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€850
Afternoon on the lake - Italian painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 95 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
€950
Old houses - Tuscany landscape painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€700
Escale à Sanary-sur-mer
Béatrice Migliore
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1 inch
€1,350
Cinderella is the proof that a new pair of shoes can change your life!
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€190
Berlin art XIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€1,290
Disney friends
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€2,450
New York Skyliner II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 140 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€1,390
La Mer – Circular XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,790
1979 Moon Shin Monumental sculpture on Woodstock paper Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
€4,950 €2,475
Moon Shin Museum 1975
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
€2,900
Moon Shin Museum with China Ink 1975
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 11.8 inch
€2,900
Paris Quartier Latin Moon Shin Home Design Rue Domat 1974
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 23 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.1 inch
€2,900
Paris Quartier Latin Rue des Carmes Commissariat Maubert 1970
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 11.4 inch
€2,900
Paris Quartier Latin Design Moon Shin Home Rue Domat 1972
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 inch
€2,900
PARIS Quartier Latin rue Galande 1974 MOON SHIN COLLECTION MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 23 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 9.1 inch
€2,900
1976 PARIS Quartier Latin Moon Shin Home Rue Domat Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul South Korea
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 8.7 inch
€2,900
Paris Quartier Latin Saint Severin 1974
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 17 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 6.7 inch
€2,900
Les toits de PARIS Roofs 1970
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 25.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 10 inch
€2,900
Paris Rue des Carmes Quartier Latin commissariat Maubert Ve 1974
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 11.8 inch
€2,900
MOON SHIN Musée Imaginaire Museum 1976
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
€2,900
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!