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Defining Shadows II
Maureen J Haldeman
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.25 inch
$1,400
Horse (Paris, Hôtel de Ville)
Ivan Argote
Photography - 62 x 42 cm Photography - 24.4 x 16.5 inch
$6,025
Mirror N°13 Los Angeles Crystal Church
Lixian Cai
Painting - 129.5 x 49.5 cm Painting - 51 x 19.5 inch
$4,888
Windows in the East
Jeff Cunningham
Sculpture - 42 x 30 x 1.5 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$1,328
Ritual
Enrico Sacchetti
Fine Art Drawings - 72 x 54 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.3 x 21.3 x 0 inch
$1,705
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
$25,009
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
$1,773
Hôtel joyeux, Amboise
Eliane Diverly
Painting - 32 x 23 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
$920
Dimanche pluvieux
Gustave Francois
Painting - 42.5 x 56 x 2 cm Painting - 16.7 x 22 x 0.8 inch
$2,375
1999 Paris Rue de Lanneau Quartier Latin
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 65 x 48 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 inch
$1,080
A sandy for Edward Hopper
Cristina J. Rey
Photography - 28 x 39 cm Photography - 11 x 15.4 inch
$216
Abstraction urbaine #5
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 49 x 69 x 2.9 cm Photography - 19.3 x 27.2 x 1.1 inch
$1,364
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
$1,057
Swiss boat
François Boisrond
Fine Art Drawings - 23.5 x 30.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.3 x 12 inch
$1,023
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
$4,672
Brooklyn Arche
Sylvie Benoit
Photography - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,956
Simple Village House
Slava Brodinsky
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,200
Borough Station 1
Michael Wallner
Photography - 38 x 48 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$661
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
$9,663
Architecture 1985 Allons Bon, Well
Roland CABOT
Print - 50 x 65 x 0.5 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,125
Zitouna Mosque
Bettino Craxi
Photography - 49 x 53 x 0.4 cm Photography - 19.3 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch
$625
Marrakech - Ancient Walls
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$966
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
$625
1961 Champs Urbanisme Fields
Gérard Singer
Painting - 33 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$2,217 $1,108
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
$6,821
Lamayuru Monastery
Larry Snider
Photography - 51 x 51 x 1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
$455
Piazza del Popolo
Alessandro Battaglia
Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,591
Verona, Piazza Erbe, Italy
Michele Cascarano
Painting - 25 x 29.5 x 8 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.6 x 3.1 inch
$762
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
$853
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
$7,957
Rome from the Pincio
Mario Evangelisti
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,364
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
$625
Herefordshire House
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
$1,705
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
$3,979
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
$1,819
Urban overstory
Madonna Phillips
Painting - 91.4 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 72 x 2 inch
$10,500
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
$2,131
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
$1,847
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
$3,979
Schweiz Babylon
Franz Eggenschwiler
Print - 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$568 $483
Cathedral with red line
Zbigniew Wozniak
Painting - 54 x 36 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,137
Yellow and Yellow
Sandra Salamonová
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$909
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!