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The Magnolia’s Dream Of The Old Town
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$233
The Magnolia’s Breeze Of the Old Town
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$233
Taharqa et la nuit #6
Juliette Agnel
Photography - 90 x 120 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 inch
$13,320
Vagabondages 11
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,609
Vagabondages 14
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,609
Vagabondages 4
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,609
Vagabondages 2
Carlos Arriagada
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,887
The Heritage Custodian Tso
Franck Kemkeng Noah
Painting - 110 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$6,216
Rustic Streets Viterbo 3
Liz McDonough
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4.6 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch
$1,434
The Wrinkles of the city, La Havana, Antonio Cruz Gordillo
JR
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,109 $1,898
Arquitectura del alma XIV
Martínez Buades Ramón
Painting - 200 x 200 x 3.5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.4 inch
$7,215
#3202 "Berlinimalism #02"
Oliver Lipinski
Photography - 50 x 100 x 0.6 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,548
When they talk to you about me (Quand ils te parlent de moi)
Lourdes Ral
Painting - 35 x 27 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 1.6 inch
$655
Gross Domestic Product
Joe Lasker
Fine Art Drawings - 41.9 x 54.6 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 21.5 x 2 inch
$2,600
Progreso
Reyner
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 19 x 0.03 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.5 x 0 inch
$1,612
Girasoles
Reyner
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 19 x 0.03 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.5 x 0 inch
$1,116
Evolución
Reyner
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 19 x 0.03 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.5 x 0 inch
$1,612
Sacré-Coeur - Paris - série Architecture
Laurent Lamare
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,885
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
$3,885
Les Roches - Villa de Roches Brunes - Dinard - 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
$3,885
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
$3,885
Le Palais - Série village et port de Belle-île-en-mer
Yves Guillard
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,081
Passerelle métallique
Armand Marie Guérin
Painting - 53.5 x 72.6 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.1 x 28.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,543
Untitled 66
Lucio Forte
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 33 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 13 x 0 inch
$111
Evening Cinque Terre
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,886
Useless Dream
Fred Borghesi
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,887
Around The World
Diederik Van Apple
Painting - 125 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$6,604
Bonanza Café, Lone Pine, California
Richard Heeps
Photography - 63.5 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 25 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$901
Voyage/Bonheur III
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 50 x 62 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 24.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,332
Le café renversé
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 60 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,054
Casas de Palma
Reyner
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 19 x 0.03 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.5 x 0 inch
$1,116
Biocreación
Reyner
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 14 x 0.03 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 5.5 x 0 inch
$1,116
Flowering of sunflowers - Tuscany painting landscape + frame
Biagio Chiesi
Painting - 30 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$499
Street in Santorini
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,665
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
$2,997
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
Pol Bury
Print - 68 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.8 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$1,665
New York City Park
Marco Barberio
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,642
Tulips in Holland
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,200
Innsbruck, Austria
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$12,321
Innsbruck, Austria
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$12,321
Sunset Over Skyscrapers
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$400
Cantarum Urbis 2
Bernard Ambielle
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,831
Magasins généraux 48 instant 21
Marion Chombart de Lauwe
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,164
Les quais - Série village et port de Belle-île-en-mer
Yves Guillard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,665
Sauzon - Série village et port de Belle-île-en-mer
Yves Guillard
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,665
Château Rouge
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 97 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$11,100
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!