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Mausoleum of Prince Etmad-Dowlah
Samuel Bourne
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 cm Photography - 20 x 30 inch
$246
Pink Champagne Ceiling
Philip A. Harrington
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 cm Photography - 20 x 30 inch
$278
Vue depuis la vieille ville sur Genève
Eugène Louis Martin
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,333
Le pin aux cigales
Michèle Delimeux
Painting - 92 x 73 x 5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 2 inch
$2,349
En Olivier - Series lll - A View to the Church
Selwyn Midgen
Painting - 40 x 30 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 2 inch
$3,915
Spatial Anomaly
Colleen Wolstenholme
Sculpture - 89 x 89 x 26 cm Sculpture - 35 x 35 x 10.2 inch
$8,109
Sculpture polyptyquement incorrecte
Christian Lignais
Sculpture - 74 x 81 x 26 cm Sculpture - 29.1 x 31.9 x 10.2 inch
$21,251
Les Demoiselles Amazones I
Franck Kemkeng Noah
Painting - 160 x 230 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 90.6 x 0.8 inch
$10,961
Diptyque, Prado
Thomas Henriot
Fine Art Drawings - 97 x 137 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 38.2 x 53.9 x 0.1 inch
$5,592
Une page d’histoire…
Maylis Bourdet
Painting - 118 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$3,199
13 lames d' acier. sm 764
Jean-Paul Boyer
Sculpture - 80 x 60 x 60 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$5,369
Golden Gate view
Timothy Mulligan
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$9,500
Les soleils d'Hiroshima
Gabriel Froget
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$6,711
A la recherche du temps perdu
Olir Romanelli
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$56
Breaking Through the Fog
Ellen Bradshaw
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.8 inch
$6,050
Mullioned window with flowers - Italian bifora painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 47 x 37 x 1 cm Painting - 18.5 x 14.6 x 0.4 inch
$447
Les quais de Bercy
Pierre Eychart
Painting - 73 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$7,829
Identity
Fransie Malherbe Frandsen
Painting - 49 x 69 x 4 cm Painting - 19.3 x 27.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,800
New York 15
Jean-François Mollière
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,315
Incidence of light
Nel ten Wolde
Painting - 102 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,889
Le Carlton, Festival de Cannes
Hippolyte Romain
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 9.3 inch
$447
Fête de la Restauration du 31 décembre, Genève
Eugène Louis Martin
Painting - 35 x 27.5 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,517
Ad Patres - Auprès des ancètres
Estelle Lagarde
Photography - 140 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,250
Windows Vert
Mathieu Walter
Photography - 160 x 120 x 2.5 cm Photography - 63 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$8,388
L'impasse
Jean-Léonard Polo
Photography - 130 x 130 x 0.1 cm Photography - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$503
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
$6,711
vue sur lyon fourviére
Brito Esteves
Painting - 40 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$671
L'Allier à Pont-du-Château - Paysage de Rivière du Puy-de-Dôme
Danièle Badet
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$213
Nocturne urbain
Alexandra Laroche
Painting - 150 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$5,592
Fontaine Neptune (Nancy)
Georges Corominas
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$11,710
Fontaine Amphitrite (Nancy)
Georges Corominas
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$11,710
Kremlin
Reynold Arnould
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 31.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 12.4 x 0.1 inch
$537
View of Luxor
Reynold Arnould
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 42.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 16.7 x 0.1 inch
$436
La Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Alkaplan
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,033
Pérouges, place du Tilleul
Alkaplan
Painting - 79 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 31.1 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,362
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
$503
Garden Side
Patrick Pietropoli
Painting - 76.2 x 162.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 64 x 1.5 inch
$14,000
Corridor chess
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 130 x 97 x 0.3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.1 inch
$2,785
Secrétariat à Chandigarh
Lucien Hervé
Photography - 26 x 26 x 0.2 cm Photography - 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch
$4,250
La Sainte Chapelle
Véronique Bourgeois-Noury
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,076
De sombras que se alargan y regresan
Karina Chechik
Print - 75 x 42 x 0.02 cm Print - 29.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$336
De lo que multiplican los espejos
Karina Chechik
Print - 75 x 42 x 0.02 cm Print - 29.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$336
Paysage urbain animé
Adolfo Carducci
Painting - 47 x 67.5 x 2 cm Painting - 18.5 x 26.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,602
La victoire de Christophe Charbonnel
Michel Di Maggio
Photography - 80 x 120 x 5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$2,796
Existing in Costume – Witch Raining down the hailstorm
Chan-Hyo Bae
Photography - 153 x 120 cm Photography - 60.2 x 47.2 inch
$5,145
Maisons Saint-Gué Jaune 002
Marion Zylberman
Painting - 81 x 120 cm Painting - 31.9 x 47.2 inch
$4,295
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!