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Cityscape - Old Yerevan
Aram Movsisyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$240
Ensemble C'Est Tout
Juliette Lamarca
Painting - 140 x 210 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 82.7 x 0.8 inch
$7,829
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
$363
Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 115.3 x 150.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 45.4 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$6,500
Spring windmill in Maasluis
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$277
Madrid, Gran Vía Otoño
Leticia Felgueroso
Photography - 120 x 200 cm Photography - 47.2 x 78.7 inch
$4,334
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
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
Landscape with a Moon Jar
Mun-Hyun Cho
Fine Art Drawings - 130.3 x 162 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 51.3 x 63.8 x 0.1 inch
$16,777
Miami Stripes 01
Luca Artioli
Photography - 61 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Bureau architectural
Francesco Marino Di Teana
Design - 46 x 196 x 75 cm Design - 18.1 x 77.2 x 29.5 inch
$44,738
House in the woods
André Roland Brudieux
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 13.4 x 0 inch
$470
Global warming 1.6
Franck Guedj
Photography - 62.5 x 165 x 1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 65 x 0.4 inch
$5,033
Global warming 1.7
Franck Guedj
Photography - 61 x 121 x 1 cm Photography - 24 x 47.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,362
Global warming 1.5
Franck Guedj
Photography - 53 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 20.9 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$4,362
Tokyo n°4 - série voyage en Asie
Brigitte Genty
Painting - 70 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$492
Sample space urban 2.2
Franck Guedj
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,244
Charm
Tomo Sakurai
Fine Art Drawings - 109 x 158 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 42.9 x 62.2 x 0.8 inch
$10,066
Travaux dans la rue
Henry Meylan
Painting - 100.5 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,599
Global warming 1.2
Franck Guedj
Photography - 91 x 139 x 10 cm Photography - 35.8 x 54.7 x 3.9 inch
$4,362
NYC, south Manhattan
Bruno Paget
Photography - 100 x 198 x 2.7 cm Photography - 39.4 x 78 x 1.1 inch
$7,829
Cathédrale Saint Pierre, Haut de vieille ville Genève
Benjamin II Vautier
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$4,103
September's Sun
Alexandr Kryushyn
Painting - 60 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,579
View of an office building
Jason DeBose
Photography - 83 x 58 x 2 cm Photography - 32.7 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,461
Paleo-Logia- Homenaje a De Chirico
Renato Manzoni
Print - 70 x 90 x 5 cm Print - 27.6 x 35.4 x 2 inch
$5,592 $3,915
A trip to Dominican Republic
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,579
Hawaïan pizzas are not pizzas!
Isabelle Derecque
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,033
The Hidden Boat House
Rachael Dalzell
Painting - 110 x 140 x 6 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 2.4 inch
$6,554
Calle azul en NY
Alejandro Quincoces
Painting - 96 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 37.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$14,149
Small landscape - Village 1
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 15 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$556
Beautiful girl
Gisela Gaffoglio
Painting - 148 x 185 x 3 cm Painting - 58.3 x 72.8 x 1.2 inch
$5,145
Downtown Los Angeles
John Kilduff
Painting - 137.2 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 54 x 72 x 1.5 inch
$6,500
La maison de la colline
Tim Blandin
Painting - 97 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
$7,606
Vertigo - Photographie argentique - Paris
Jules Gorce
Photography - 20 x 30 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 inch
$783
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!