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Avocado House in Volcanic Ash
Christopher Burk
Painting - 20.3 x 20.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 8 x 8 x 2 inch
$1,440
Fenêtre sur Soi - série Paysage imaginaire matiériste
Dominique Arzoumanian (Darzou)
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,177
Nel pomeriggio 1
Stein Smaaskjaer
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$11,671
Corvée d'eau, Tchétchénie
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$1,682
1990 Museum Beaubourg
Jean-Pierre Stora
Painting - 32 x 15.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.6 x 6.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,186
The Warriors of tradition
Franck Kemkeng Noah
Painting - 110 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$5,606
Blue interior with plants
Bea Sarrias
Painting - 81 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$3,812
Friche à Coney Island
André Boubounelle
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,484
Au bord du ciel - série Paysage imaginaire et son village perché
Lela Migirov
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$561
Plateforme Environnementale
Serge Salis
Painting - 29.5 x 39.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.6 x 15.6 x 0.2 inch
$729
Débarcadère 2
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$279
Distorted Landscape 2
Silvia Popova
Painting - 96 x 117 x 2 cm Painting - 37.8 x 46.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,581
Ode to Textiles
Catalina Escallón Rosselli
Painting - 12.7 x 17.78 x 1 cm Painting - 5 x 7 x 0.4 inch
$1,715
Architecture 14
Gonçalo Martins
Photography - 19.5 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.7 x 7.7 x 0 inch
$146
Untitled Desert Tile 2
Guido Segni
Photography - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,570
Fog in L.A
George Maskharashvili
Painting - 85 x 143 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 56.3 x 1.2 inch
$11,884
The invisible map bronze edition
Vincent Lamouroux
Sculpture - 2 x 6 x 11 cm Sculpture - 0.8 x 2.4 x 4.3 inch
$953
Napoli
Gabriele Basilico
Photography - 102 x 130 x 0.1 cm Photography - 40.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$10,090
Royal Albert Hall
Marco Araldi
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 100 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,640
Horse (Paris, Hôtel de Ville)
Ivan Argote
Photography - 62 x 42 cm Photography - 24.4 x 16.5 inch
$5,942
No New Friends
Ivan Peev
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$673
Space Sample 2.5 / Eiffel
Franck Guedj
Photography - 91 x 85 x 1 cm Photography - 35.8 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,401
American Dream
Joséphine Vallé Franceschi
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch
$4,709
Chromatic Triangulation II
Herbert Bayer
Print - 79.375 x 79.375 x 2.54 cm Print - 31.3 x 31.3 x 1 inch
$1,250
Berlin, auf der Oberbaumbrücke
Frank Suplie
Painting - 135 x 110 x 4 cm Painting - 53.1 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
$20,068
Clouds over the Tay Rail Bridge
Alastair Faulkner
Painting - 35 x 45 x 5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 2 inch
$1,906
Divergent paths #7
Christian Culver
Painting - 48.3 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$1,550
Hôtel joyeux, Amboise
Eliane Diverly
Painting - 32 x 23 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
$917
Dimanche pluvieux
Gustave Francois
Painting - 42.5 x 56 x 2 cm Painting - 16.7 x 22 x 0.8 inch
$2,369
Chrysler Building N.Y.
LUIS J. FERNANDEZ
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Swiss boat
François Boisrond
Fine Art Drawings - 23.5 x 30.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.3 x 12 inch
$1,009
This place has been here before #2
Radina Stoimenova
Fine Art Drawings - 97 x 140 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 38.2 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,614
1999 Paris Rue de Lanneau Quartier Latin
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 65 x 48 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 inch
$1,065
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!