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![Painting, Snack shark, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147459_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Flowery Meadow, Maddalena Striglio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479111_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Chats volants à Paris, M.Chat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1467171_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Illusione e libertà, Moi.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1336056_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre - série mer et phares, Alain Abramatic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1087161_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre - série mer et phares
Alain Abramatic
Painting - 55 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, John Dayton Distillery, Jean-Baptiste Delarue](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/982230_1_grid.jpg)
John Dayton Distillery
Jean-Baptiste Delarue
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Voyageur du temps, Edmond Li Bellefroid](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/959559_1_grid.jpg)
Voyageur du temps
Edmond Li Bellefroid
Painting - 46 x 55.5 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.9 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Alexandre sous la neige, Eric Turlot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/869289_1_grid.jpg)
Alexandre sous la neige
Eric Turlot
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Lilas sous la Fenêtre, Yuriy Demiyanov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/869238_1_grid.jpg)
Lilas sous la Fenêtre
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
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![Painting, Chrysler Building, Eric Turlot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/869205_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La vie en rose, Jean-Baptiste Delarue](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/863022_1_grid.jpg)
La vie en rose
Jean-Baptiste Delarue
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, N°333, Pierre Fillastre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/712047_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, N°309, Pierre Fillastre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/691728_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, "Colonne d'eau" abstrait vernis pigments masquage sur plaque de bois 280x75x75x75cm, Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/491440_1_grid.jpg)
"Colonne d'eau" abstrait vernis pigments masquage sur plaque de bois 280x75x75x75cm
Olivier Ebel
Painting - 280 x 75 x 75 cm Painting - 110.2 x 29.5 x 29.5 inch
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![Painting, Brutalist Architecture & Mountain Desert, Marion Sagon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2016438_1_grid.jpg)
Brutalist Architecture & Mountain Desert
Marion Sagon
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Raymond Moretti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1377894_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Raymond Moretti
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Georgina Ave, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330686_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Scenography, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/951585_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Butterscotch Atelier, Linda McCluskey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/719094_1_grid.jpg)
The Butterscotch Atelier
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, N°370, Pierre Fillastre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/712071_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N°347, Pierre Fillastre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/712056_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N°85, Pierre Fillastre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/712023_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Seborga Sunset, Linda McCluskey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711360_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paris Azur I (series of 3), Linda McCluskey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/710811_1_grid.jpg)
Paris Azur I (series of 3)
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, N°303, Pierre Fillastre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/691704_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rooftops, Linda McCluskey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/466150_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Maisons Saint-Gué 014, Marion Zylberman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/348355_1_grid.jpg)
Maisons Saint-Gué 014
Marion Zylberman
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 23.6 inch
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![Painting, Sans titre, Harouna Ouedraogo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/260935_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chrysler Building N.Y., LUIS J. FERNANDEZ](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178797_1_grid.jpg)
Chrysler Building N.Y.
LUIS J. FERNANDEZ
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Around The World, Diederik Van Apple](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174767_1_grid.jpg)
Around The World
Diederik Van Apple
Painting - 125 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Photography, Cheval cloitré, Mathieu Pujol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1918386_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N803, Pierre Fillastre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1508775_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N°529, Pierre Fillastre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1081068_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pétanque à Bordighera, Linda McCluskey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052949_1_grid.jpg)
Pétanque à Bordighera
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Le chat gourmand, Loreto Verrocchia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006758_1_grid.jpg)
Le chat gourmand
Loreto Verrocchia
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
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![Painting, Fenêtre sur soi - série Paysage imaginaire, Dominique Arzoumanian (Darzou)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898269_1_grid.jpg)
Fenêtre sur soi - série Paysage imaginaire
Dominique Arzoumanian (Darzou)
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Notre Dame au printemps, Olga Novokhatska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/742278_1_grid.jpg)
Notre Dame au printemps
Olga Novokhatska
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Jardin de Notre Dame (Paris), Olga Novokhatska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/722895_1_grid.jpg)
Jardin de Notre Dame (Paris)
Olga Novokhatska
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Place des Ternes, Olga Novokhatska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/632427_1_grid.jpg)
Place des Ternes
Olga Novokhatska
Painting - 65 x 54 x 1.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.6 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Study for a Scenography, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/632244_1_grid.jpg)
Study for a Scenography
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 3.9 inch
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![Painting, Au bord de la rive, Michel Rauscher](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/616671_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les falaises du Trocadéro 18 mai 2021 22h18, JR](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130994_1_grid.jpg)
Les falaises du Trocadéro 18 mai 2021 22h18
JR
Print - 64 x 96 x 1 cm Print - 25.2 x 37.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Print, Le Port de Saint-Tropez, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1932084_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Positano, Ellie Hesse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1910424_1_grid.jpg)
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![Sculpture, Oui, Cécile Thonus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1162404_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, MANHATTAN TOUT EN DOUCEUR, Sophie Petetin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1134465_1_grid.jpg)
MANHATTAN TOUT EN DOUCEUR
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1 inch
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![Painting, La Basilique, Job](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1054710_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Libres in the city (Diptyque), Marie France Garrigues](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/727038_1_grid.jpg)
Libres in the city (Diptyque)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Les vendeurs ambulants, Lucia Buccini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1993269_1_grid.jpg)
Les vendeurs ambulants
Lucia Buccini
Painting - 30 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Photography, Bagdad, Monument Al Shasheed, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1823097_1_grid.jpg)
Bagdad, Monument Al Shasheed
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
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![Sculpture, Chapelle de mon Amour, Cécile Thonus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1807101_1_grid.jpg)
Chapelle de mon Amour
Cécile Thonus
Sculpture - 46.9 x 15.2 x 11 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 6 x 4.3 inch
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![Painting, Horizon, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1581879_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Près de toi, Cécile Thonus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1162419_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Au bout du monde avec toi, Cécile Thonus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1119921_1_grid.jpg)
Au bout du monde avec toi
Cécile Thonus
Sculpture - 93.5 x 18.3 x 13.5 cm Sculpture - 36.8 x 7.2 x 5.3 inch
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![Print, Harmony, François Avril](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967910_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Don't panic, Meleo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1909188_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bunker II, Ilan Benattar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1592178_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flatiron Building 1920, Marco Barberio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1424607_1_grid.jpg)
Flatiron Building 1920
Marco Barberio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, It Was Rainy When We Met, Kirill Postovit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1127862_1_grid.jpg)
It Was Rainy When We Met
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Grand-Rue, Vielle Ville de Genève, Sergio Cecchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1071225_1_grid.jpg)
Grand-Rue, Vielle Ville de Genève
Sergio Cecchi
Painting - 76 x 53 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 20.9 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, New Concrete, Manuela Karin Knaut](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/735555_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Central Park, Eric Turlot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/720981_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 2211, Jean-Paul Baret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/415420_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Brigode 30, Bernard Kowalczuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180668_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, New York City rain #6, Marco Barberio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175715_1_grid.jpg)
New York City rain #6
Marco Barberio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, The Heritage Custodian Tso, Franck Kemkeng Noah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168834_1_grid.jpg)
The Heritage Custodian Tso
Franck Kemkeng Noah
Painting - 110 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, La Kartchma, Mónica Castanys](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139819_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ten days until Spring, Mónica Castanys](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1945833_1_grid.jpg)
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Breackfast at the Grizzly
Mónica Castanys
Painting - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
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![Painting, Glass of red wine, Mónica Castanys](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1533936_1_grid.jpg)
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High frequency London
Maria Luisa Azzini
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
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Manhattan Photo-Grafs
CharlElie Couture
Photography - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans Titre, Camille Adra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/800487_1_grid.jpg)
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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!