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Eglise romane et château cathare de Lordat
André Lac
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
£942
N° 1014 Fugato risoluto.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£711
Tour Espace 2000 - 1 (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£551
Nanterre, Préfecture (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£551
Barcelone (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£551
Boulogne-sur-Mer (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£551
La Défense (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£551
Pont Daydé (3 formats)
Anthony Valon aka Bazabuque
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£551
Le Phare sur la Digue, 1908 | Promenade and Lighthouse, 1908
Léon Spilliaert
Print - 76 x 59 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.9 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£667
Honfleur, Départ pour la Pêche d'un Crevettier
André Lac
Painting - 54 x 73 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 inch
£1,333
Italian Landscape with Signals
Leo Guida
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
£1,155
Times Square X
Marion Zimmermann
Painting - 101.6 x 149.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 59 x 1 inch
£1,395
Demain, mon rêve d'aujourd'hui, Paris
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 50 x 45 cm Photography - 19.7 x 17.7 inch
£489
Gypsy - L'Ombre de Toi - Meme, Paris
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
£809
11h53 - 6,09, Crue de la Seine - Paris 2016
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£631
Midday Spécial
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.04 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£578
C'est super, Je t'aime
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 75 x 60 x 0.04 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£667
Rue des Martyrs
Mathieu Dussaucy
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1 inch
£1,333
Rue de Verneuil
Mathieu Dussaucy
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch
£1,244
Lithographie Le Pont Neuf
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 25 x 19 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.5 x 0 inch
£2,222
La piscine du Vallon des Auffes
Sébastien Arcouet
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£835
Brown room (channeling my inner Cy Twombly)
Megan Chung
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.2 inch
£667
Il jouait du piano debout
Memento
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
£800
Il jouait du piano debout
Memento
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
£1,422
NYC Oculus II
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 200 x 118 x 3 cm Photography - 78.7 x 46.5 x 1.2 inch
£4,266
Brutalist Architecture & Mountain Desert
Marion Sagon
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.5 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
£222
Isahakyan Street in Yerevan
Siranush Vardanyan
Painting - 85 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£889 £800
Sur les traces de la mémoire
Danielle Desplan
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 38 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 15 x 0.1 inch
£533
Tower Bridge Extended (Pink)
Angela Morris-Winmill
Print - 84 x 99 x 2 cm Print - 33.1 x 39 x 0.8 inch
£995
Libertys (Ultramarine)
Angela Morris-Winmill
Print - 75 x 48 x 2 cm Print - 29.5 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
£755
Fenêtre sur route 6_2021
Aline Isoard
Photography - 90 x 90 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 inch
£1,600
Interesting travel experience in July
Wei-Hong Ma
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
£1,511
The married and the guests
Makenol Profil
Painting - 61 x 51 x 4 cm Painting - 24 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch
£2,979
Crete - an icon
Leszek Rózga
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 7.9 inch
£755
Le pont japonais
Sébastien Castillo
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
£889
Pink Champagne Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey
Richard Heeps
Photography - 80 x 63.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25 x 0 inch
£700
Le Bouquiniste de Notre Dame de Paris
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£889
Livre de liberté
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,066
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!