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Mont moderne
Aurélien Desbois
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 11.8 inch
£445
Maisons Saint-Gué 008
Marion Zylberman
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 45 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 17.7 inch
£1,281
L'art du futur
Alain Husson-Dumoutier
Painting - 98 x 72 x 1 cm Painting - 38.6 x 28.3 x 0.4 inch
£7,978
Asylum - my place
Teresa Kluszczynska
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
£1,601
Église Saint-Étienne-Du-Mont, Paris
Aurèle Barraud
Painting - 61 x 47 x 0.3 cm Painting - 24 x 18.5 x 0.1 inch
£899
The Taj Mahal At Agra
Shepherd & Robertson
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
£475
Anchor in gold - série coque et ancre de bateau
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 16.1 x 0 inch
£551
Structure Urbaine 33
Piers Henriot
Fine Art Drawings - 37.5 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 22 x 0.1 inch
£712
TAIWAN MUSEUM 1980 Tradition
Liu Yang Jer
Print - 45 x 62.5 x 0.5 cm Print - 17.7 x 24.6 x 0.2 inch
£716
Eglise San Giovanni degli Eremiti
Antonio Ferrigno
Painting - 39.5 x 19.5 x 2 cm Painting - 15.6 x 7.7 x 0.8 inch
£783
Vassilis with farm equipment
Jen Sloan
Photography - 35 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£800
Mont Saint Michel 1963 Saint Michael Mount
Gilbert L'Héritier
Painting - 12 x 16 cm Painting - 4.7 x 6.3 inch
£934 £467
Hello Father Christmas
Alain Godon
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£33,797
Paysage d'un village enneigé
Albert Joseph Januarius Di Décarli
Painting - 37.5 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 14.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
£569
Around the axis - horizontal
Rimantas Milkintas
Sculpture - 125 x 125 x 300 cm Sculpture - 49.2 x 49.2 x 118.1 inch
£8,894
Série «Objets»
Mattia Listowski
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 24 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
£445
Rothko Chapel, Houston
Hervé Gloaguen
Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
£1,601
Vintage Plate from the Series of Church Domes Cupole d'Italia
Piero Fornasetti
Design - 24.5 x 24.5 x 2.5 cm Design - 9.6 x 9.6 x 1 inch
£889
Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,625
Promenade à Bergheim, la Route des Vins
Georges Hosotte
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 62 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 24.4 inch
£578
Nightwatch Amsterdam
Peter Donkersloot
Print - 100 x 120 x 3 cm Print - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£2,179
Vue de la Tour Eiffel by Stéphane Compoint
Stéphane Compoint
Photography - 50 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£800
Castle square of Oldenburg
Thorsten Ritzmann
Photography - 100 x 75 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
£1,512
Blue #3
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
£712
Bateau à marée basse 2
Gérard Desgranges
Painting - 54 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
£534
Au bord du lagon à Moorea
Henri Dufaux
Painting - 35 x 47 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 18.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,009
Place de Naples animée
Oscar Ricciardi
Painting - 38 x 22.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15 x 8.9 x 0.2 inch
£734
Meares and Cook Victoria
James Gordaneer
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 2 inch
£3,265
White Petals, Singapour
Carol Aplogan
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
£1,334
A la tombée du jour
Renée De Gagné
Painting - 152 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 59.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£2,490
Fête de village avec ramasseur de broussailles
Alexandre Marcette
Painting - 74 x 39.5 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 15.6 x 0.8 inch
£615
Basilique Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venise
Giuseppe Milto
Painting - 26.5 x 41 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch
£642
Visione Veneziana
Pino Pessina Da Castanedo
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
£1,331
Gondoles sur le grand canal à Venise
Andrea Biondetti
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 24.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 9.6 x 0.1 inch
£697
Le Brassus, Vallée De Joux
Lucien Schwob
Painting - 65.5 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.8 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
£1,331
Klosters, Grison Suisse
Edmond Bille
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 19 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
£881
La Tuilerie
Alfred-Louis Brugère
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 34 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 13.4 x 0.1 inch
£596
Arbre en floraison au pied des Alpes autrichiennes
U. Maly
Fine Art Drawings - 36.5 x 26 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.4 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch
£642
La maisonnette au toit mauve
H.Bani
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£624
Barques de pêcheur dans le port
P. Loutan
Painting - 27 x 35 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch
£624
Pont de Zurich avec vue sur la rivière Limmat
Hans Albert Falk
Painting - 23 x 36 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.1 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
£679
Paysage de montagne avec chalets
E. Mariola
Painting - 60 x 75 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
£1,147
Paysage de bord de mer, barque de pêcheur et voiliers
Maria Fortis
Painting - 49 x 68 x 2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch
£789
Vue d'une ville du Moyen-Orient
Edouard Jacques Dufeu
Painting - 33.5 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13.2 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
£890
L'Ile de la Cité et Notre-Dame de Paris
Michel-Henry
Print - 43 x 58 cm Print - 16.9 x 22.8 inch
£178
Smoking lady with a red hat - New York 1964
Michel Hosszù
Print - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
Historisher Miniatur 01
Else Vinæs
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£445
Les bâches bleues
Célestin Messaggio
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
£3,202
De la serie primigenia esencia
Gustavo Díaz Sosa
Painting - 28 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 11 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
£1,743
No. 112-13
Jonas Motiejus Meskauskas
Painting - 235 x 180 x 1 cm Painting - 92.5 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch
£1,245
Trafalgar Square From Above
Michael Wallner
Sculpture - 63 x 72 x 5 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 28.3 x 2 inch
£2,200
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!