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Horse (Paris, Hôtel de Ville)
Ivan Argote
Photography - 62 x 42 cm Photography - 24.4 x 16.5 inch
$5,994
Mirror N°13 Los Angeles Crystal Church
Lixian Cai
Painting - 129.5 x 49.5 cm Painting - 51 x 19.5 inch
$4,863
Windows in the East
Jeff Cunningham
Sculpture - 42 x 30 x 1.5 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$1,317
Ritual
Enrico Sacchetti
Fine Art Drawings - 72 x 54 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.3 x 21.3 x 0 inch
$1,696
The tower /Fall winter 2006 Le Grand Palais Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 150 x 250 x 5 cm Photography - 59.1 x 98.4 x 2 inch
$24,880
Lac Tonlé Sap 2 - Série Paysage d'Asie
Marie-Thérèse Chanel
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,764
1990 Museum Beaubourg
Jean-Pierre Stora
Painting - 32 x 15.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.6 x 6.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,205
Hôtel joyeux, Amboise
Eliane Diverly
Painting - 32 x 23 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
$572
Dimanche pluvieux
Gustave Francois
Painting - 42.5 x 56 x 2 cm Painting - 16.7 x 22 x 0.8 inch
$2,334
Rio de la Madoneta, Venice
Pep Ventosa
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,200
Abstraction urbaine #5
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 49 x 69 x 2.9 cm Photography - 19.3 x 27.2 x 1.1 inch
$1,357
Insta(nt)llation - Synagogue Rumbach Sebestye n, Budapest 2/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Painting - 29 x 19 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,052
Swiss boat
François Boisrond
Fine Art Drawings - 23.5 x 30.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.3 x 12 inch
$1,018
Royal Albert Hall
Marco Araldi
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 100 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,633
Brooklyn Arche
Sylvie Benoit
Photography - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,940
Borough Station 1
Michael Wallner
Photography - 38 x 48 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$655
Projection view (Palms and yellow boom)
Vincent Lamouroux
Photography - 134 x 93.5 x 1 cm Photography - 52.8 x 36.8 x 0.4 inch
$9,613
Le Quai de Seine à Paris - série bords de Seine
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$328
Zitouna Mosque
Bettino Craxi
Photography - 49 x 53 x 0.4 cm Photography - 19.3 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch
$622
Roof Top Island
Chrystèle Saint-Amaux
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$958
Marrakech - Ancient Walls
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$961
Singapore, from the Gardens to the Bay 1
Bruno Paget
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2.7 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.1 inch
$3,958
Neige sua Paris - Snow on Paris
Jacques Tillier
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 31 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 12.2 x 0 inch
$622
Winter Khiva landscape
Dilshod Khudayorov
Painting - 27 x 40.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 15.9 x 0.2 inch
$880
Blue Thermal Baths
Ilan Benattar
Photography - 120 x 180 x 0.5 cm Photography - 47.2 x 70.9 x 0.2 inch
$6,785
Lamayuru Monastery
Larry Snider
Photography - 51 x 51 x 1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
$452
Piazza del Popolo
Alessandro Battaglia
Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,583
Verona, Piazza Erbe, Italy
Michele Cascarano
Painting - 25 x 29.5 x 8 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.6 x 3.1 inch
$758
The Ancient Theater
Maria Elisabeth Wrede
Painting - 50.5 x 65.5 x 0.4 cm Painting - 19.9 x 25.8 x 0.2 inch
$848
Amstel Amsterdam
Anna Pavlova
Painting - 39.4 x 100.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.5 x 39.5 x 1 inch
$1,320
Dunham Massey National Trust Outbuildings painting
Gav Banns
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$905
S-28-11 Œuf du vent
Katsuji KISHIDA
Sculpture - 140 x 40 x 86 cm Sculpture - 55.1 x 15.7 x 33.9 inch
$7,916
Rome from the Pincio
Mario Evangelisti
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,357
Collection "Ville Autrement" / Paris Autrement / Windstorm
Franck Doat
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$622
Herefordshire House
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
$1,696
La Tour Eiffel dans les nuages
Elodie Grégoire
Photography - 70 x 95 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch
$3,958
Paris 13 ème "Olympiades Vibes N°2" (XL)
Papa Mesk
Photography - 160 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 63 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,809
Le Sacré coeur - Paris et son architecture
Lucien Dufour
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,120
Le port de non-attache - série bateau et mer
Jean-Daniel Depardieu
Painting - 55 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,838
Yellow and Yellow
Sandra Salamonová
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$905
City of sky
Junya Wang
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 46 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,262
1999 Paris Rue de Lanneau Quartier Latin
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 65 x 48 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 inch
$1,074
Breakthrough II, Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Madonna Phillips
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 inch
$4,600
View of a suburban crosswalk
Jason DeBose
Photography - 63 x 58 x 2 cm Photography - 24.8 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,036
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!