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Petite bergerie en Bourgogne
Michel Trapezaroff
Painting - 19 x 27 x 0.5 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
£2,642
Black Drago, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Matthew Green
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 2 inch
£1,897
Behind The Door
Victor Roschkov
Fine Art Drawings - 47 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
£442
Matrix
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£4,493 £4,044
Architecture of the anthropocene
Jessica Houston
Photography - 50.8 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 20 x 14 x 1 inch
£1,707
Copenhagen, Denmark
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 75 x 62 x 3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch
£2,652
Cubism in Haymarket, Sydney, Australia
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 75 x 62 x 3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch
£2,652
Sandbanks, Dorset, UK
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,652
Brighton Beach, Melbourne, Australia
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,652
Brighton Beach, Melbourne, Australia
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,652
Weymouth, Dorset, UK
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,652
The Mirror
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Photography - 50 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
£2,757
Un été à Pékin
Elisa Haberer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
£3,055
Hats & Caps
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 68 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 26.8 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£3,774
Love in the tropics
Rodrigo
Photography - 35.6 x 23.8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14 x 9.4 x 0 inch
£1,796
The Citizens - 12
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 50 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£1,078
When The Sun Goes Down
Andrea Vandoni
Painting - 92 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
£2,696
Serie Chapadmalal #8513
Marcel Antelo
Photography - 36 x 42 cm Photography - 14.2 x 16.5 inch
£1,986
Villa Andréa II
Christian Bruneau
Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.5 cm Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch
£54
Villa des demeurés
Christian Bruneau
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
£54
Villa Royale
Christian Bruneau
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
£54
L'Arche perdue
Christian Bruneau
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£144
Château du charcutier
Christian Bruneau
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
£54
Casino Parade
Christian Bruneau
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
£54
La Tour Seegmuller - 2
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.6 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
£171
Les Cités obscures - L'enfant penchée
François Schuiten
Print - 80 x 60 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
£180
Broken Circle
Karine Giboulo
Sculpture - 170 x 270 x 244 cm Sculpture - 66.9 x 106.3 x 96.1 inch
£32,467
Belle soirée sur Omotesando à Tokyo
Nelson Fabiano
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
£8,806
Sunset. February. Tower of the Bratsk Ostrog. Kolomenskoye
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£3,235
Veliky Ustyug. Evening. Embankment
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£3,145
Church of Elijah the Prophet in Cherkizovo
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
£3,235
Temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Kolomenskoye
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£3,055
Tower of the Sumy fort (Mokhovaya) XVII century. in Kolomenskoye
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
£2,992
April. View of the Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
£2,876
February. Meadery. Kolomenskoye
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£2,516
Frosty evening. View of the water tower and the Church of the Ascension
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 24 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£2,516
Early spring. Opalikha
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£2,246
Long Crendon. Sliding light
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 18 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
£1,887
Retriever in poltrona verde
Samoré
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 33 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 13 x 0.2 inch
£584
Aragonese castle. Ischia
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£2,696
Maximum Security
Ralf Aubeck
Photography - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,483
Gone with the wind
Ralf Aubeck
Photography - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,483
Urban housings in Mumbai
Ralf Aubeck
Photography - 75 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,483
Haddenham. Buckinghamshire. Aston Road
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
£2,786
Fragments of Peaceful Coexistence 19
Yolie Yolanda
Painting - 72.5 x 91 x 3 cm Painting - 28.5 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch
£1,303
Before the storm. Karmanovo
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 21.13 x 27.69 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.3 x 10.9 x 0.1 inch
£3,055
Space granduncle’s house dining room and kitchen colour
Raffaella
Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,752
Space grandfather Wang’s house garden colour
Raffaella
Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,752
Si no fue un sueño... Poco le faltó!
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,168
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!