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Fenêtres 05 - Matin d'automne
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€400
Couleurs Urbaines 029 - Paris
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€400
Couleurs Urbaines 027 - Ivry-sur-Seine
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€400
Couleurs Urbaines 020 - Ivry-sur-Seine
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€400
Couleurs Urbaines 017 - Paris
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€400
Couleurs Urbaines 011 - Le Kremlin Bicêtre
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€400
Critical Infrastructure Facility
Halyna Abramova
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
To Swim or Not to Swim
Halyna Abramova
Painting - 110 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€1,000
Streets of Los Angeles
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,649
Chefchaouen streets
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 90 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
St. Angelo Bridge in Rome
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 45 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€800
Peterhof. Fountain
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 26.6 x 20.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10.5 x 8.1 x 0.1 inch
€2,600
Church of Trinity in Serebryaniki
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,000
Evening Cinque Terre
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,600
Alberobello Echoes - 01
Ralouka Montesi
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€675
Neue Kammern Enfilade V. From the Neue Kammern Enfilades series
Celia Rogge
Photography - 182.9 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 72 x 48 x 0.1 inch
€9,580
Couleurs Urbaines 010 - Dreux
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
€900
Couleurs Urbaines 04 - Villejuif
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 70 x 100 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
€1,300
Couleurs Urbaines 03 - Villejuif
Rodolfo Franchi
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
€900
Alberobello Echoes - 12
Ralouka Montesi
Photography - 100 x 63 cm Photography - 39.4 x 24.8 inch
€1,045
Alberobello Echoes - 06
Ralouka Montesi
Photography - 100 x 70 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
€1,045
Alberobello Echoes - 05
Ralouka Montesi
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€945
Alberobello Echoes - 04
Ralouka Montesi
Photography - 45 x 30 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€1,045
Alberobello Echoes - 03
Ralouka Montesi
Photography - 100 x 70 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
€1,045
Alberobello Echoes - 02
Ralouka Montesi
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€945
Pêcherie aux arbres
Pierrick Tual
Painting - 46 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Playa Flamingo
Leticia Gonzalez
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
Evening in Venice
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,619
N°19, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 50 x 62.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 24.6 x 0 inch
€1,200
The Golden Old-New Synagogue
Kirill Postovit
Print - 76 x 54 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 x 0 inch
€270
Sur le seuil des songes
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€2,640
Petites transfigurations
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€2,040
Les volets clos
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€2,400
L'hôtel isolé, Alcúdia
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
€2,800
Quaint Charm of Rural Life
Kamo Atoyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,067
Marche bleu au soleil
Mark Kaplan
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€15,000
Chef au pied du sacre-coeur
Mark Kaplan
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€7,500
Andres Alsina in Paris
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 11 x 0.1 inch
€922
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Eighth Floor, South
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 67.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26.6 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€3,104
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Fourth Floor, South
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 67.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26.6 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€3,104
Collection Couleurs d'automne - "Corridor in yellow"
Thomas Jeunet
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
€850
Untitled
Luis Fernández
Fine Art Drawings - 123 x 80 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 48.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€4,500
Untitled
Luis Fernández
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 99 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 39 x 0 inch
€4,000
Financial Center NY
Luis Fernández
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 99 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 39 x 0 inch
€3,500
Arquitecturas espaciales VIII - series escenografías urbanas-
José Fernández Morán
Painting - 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€375
Civita Di Bagnoregio
Ahn Sung Kyu
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,000
La Seine à Paris - Ville et quai de Paris avec sa péniche
Claude Frégère
Painting - 73 x 91 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,850
White Dog in Dem Platz
Tinatin Chkhikvishvili
Painting - 26 x 32 x 2 cm Painting - 10.2 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
€800
A Modern Architectural Marvel
Aram Movsisyan
Painting - 65 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€369
Tour Eiffel #5
Ariel Elizondo Lizarraga
Sculpture - 19 x 17 x 13 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 6.7 x 5.1 inch
€380
Tour Eiffel #4
Ariel Elizondo Lizarraga
Sculpture - 19 x 13 x 13 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 5.1 x 5.1 inch
€380
Sketching Hells Doors
Gustavo Díaz Sosa
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 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!