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Chris Morin-Eitner - Paris, Grand Palais
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$202
Chris Morin-Eitner - Paris, Fenêtre sur Ville
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$202
Chris Morin-Eitner - Paris, Fenêtre sur Tour
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$202
Glowing skyline of Monaco
Sukrili
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$8,296
New York city Rain #9
Marco Barberio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,883
Childhood dreams-63
Abgar Khachatryan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$750
Childhood dreams-62
Abgar Khachatryan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$750
Palacio #14 - Palacio Series
Anna Levesh
Photography - 75 x 100 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 inch
$998
Cloud 9 Surf Boardwalk Siargao, Philippines
Inha Arceo
Print - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$280
Sueños Simétricos. From the Iberia series
Celia Rogge
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$8,250
Schiller Tient Sa Cour. From the Poetic Enfilades series
Celia Rogge
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$8,250
La Pompe De Cuvilliés. From the Grand Interiors series
Celia Rogge
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$8,250
Columns of The Propylaea. From the Grand Interiors series
Celia Rogge
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 72 x 0.1 inch
$9,875
L'Orangerie Abandonnée. From the Grand Interiors series
Celia Rogge
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$8,250
Le Sanctuaire D'Anna Amalia. From the Grand Interiors series
Celia Rogge
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 72 x 0.1 inch
$9,875
Chinoiserie. From the Grand Interiors series
Celia Rogge
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$8,250
Open Up The Red Door. From the Grand Interiors series
Celia Rogge
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 72 x 0.1 inch
$9,875
Square devant l'église, Paris
Armand Marie Guérin
Painting - 49.5 x 72.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.5 x 28.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,394
Tas de sable jaune, Paris
Armand Marie Guérin
Painting - 60 x 72.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,568
Petite chapelle
Armand Marie Guérin
Painting - 60 x 72.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,568
Wilfred 7 New-York
Wilfred Lang
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,691
Monte Savello, Rome
Luigi Surdi
Painting - 55 x 65.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 25.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,566
Untitled 66
Lucio Forte
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 33 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 13 x 0 inch
$112
Digestion, Paris
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,130
Le vide, Paris
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,130
L'attente du client
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,130
L'envie de réussir, New York
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,130
Même combat, New York
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,130
Vue sur mer, Alcúdia
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 105 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,130
Jardin Suspendu, Singapour
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,130
Gratte ciel L
Ariel Elizondo Lizarraga
Sculpture - 134 x 29 x 32 cm Sculpture - 52.8 x 11.4 x 12.6 inch
$5,493
Vertical view over the sea - Positano painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$533
Descent to Ravello - Amalfitan Coast painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$364
View of the gulf - Sorrento painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$364
Window on Posillipo - Naples painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$364
Snow-covered village
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 55 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,000
Chris Morin-Eitner - Paris Opéra, Une Saison Au Paradis
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$202
Mediterranean light
Carlos Diaz
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,054
Voyages et connexions cosmiques
Jean-Emmanuel Gagoyan
Painting - 57 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 22.4 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,758
Au-dessus des nuages, la mer
Camille Adra
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,027
La Villa - Bénodet - série Paysage de Bretagne
Laurent Lamare
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,924
Dinard - La ronde de la Malouine - série Paysage de bord de mer Bretagne
Laurent Lamare
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,924
Chris Morin-Eitner - Paris, Musée d'Orsay
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$202
The way to the top
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$6,727
Tortue avec stèle
Ivan Theimer
Sculpture - 79.5 x 17.5 x 13 cm Sculpture - 31.3 x 6.9 x 5.1 inch
$24,664
Cantarum Urbis 2
Bernard Ambielle
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,850
Aghdam Juma Mosque
Nigar Helmi
Painting - 120 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$10,707
Opera house seagull
Alastair Mc Naughton
Photography - 24.5 x 34 cm Photography - 9.6 x 13.4 inch
$56
Wilfred 4 Nexw-York
Wilfred Lang
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,691
Port de Villefranche-sur-Mer
Neal Turner
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$830
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!