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Spring behind the fence
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 45 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch
£1,511
Factory & Soft mountain chain
Marion Sagon
Painting - 140 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£5,243
Landscape with a Barrel
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£978
Uno strano cocktail
Salvatore Mangione (Salvo)
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£667
Maria Cornejo and Mark Borthwick in Brooklyn
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 22 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£746
Les tanneurs. Fès. Maroc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,155
Le café renversé
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 60 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
£844
The Blue Night
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,333 £667
Les berges de Seine
Patricia Kluwe Derderian
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.81 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
£1,733
La dame sous la neige
Eric Turlot
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£1,777
Taj Mahal. India
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£978
White Paris blanc La Tour Eiffel et La Seine 1966 Eiffel Tower and Seine River
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 26 x 37.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 14.8 inch
£1,733
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
£1,386
Recomposition of a Landscape 3
Andrea Vandoni
Painting - 30 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£1,777
Construction
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
£480
Promenade Parisienne
Jean-Baptiste Delarue
Print - 52 x 74 x 2 cm Print - 20.5 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
£622
Languidou
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
Croix et Calvaire
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
Notre Dame de Callot
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
L'ile Louët et le château du Taureau
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
Phare de Pontusval
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
Menhir Men Marz
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
The Picture Frame Westminister Bridge
Arthur Steel
Photography - 48 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
£1,622
Les bleuets - série Les Poupées
Pierre Jarraud
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,333
Windmill in Niforeika
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 15 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
£1,600
Venice, Italy
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 40.1 x 40.1 x 2 cm Painting - 15.8 x 15.8 x 0.8 inch
£676
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Le Vieux Monsieur.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 22 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13 x 0 inch
£178
Contrada Scotola
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,422
1972 Black Metallica 2
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Sculpture - 27 x 4 x 4 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 1.6 x 1.6 inch
£1,733 £866
Wren library, Cambridge
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 159 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 62.6 x 0.8 inch
£5,332
Big Ben Big Bang
Arthur Steel
Photography - 48 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
£1,622
Blue House Totem
Michel Tabanou
Painting - 32.5 x 26 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.8 x 10.25 x 0.1 inch
£711
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!