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Roof Top Island
Chrystèle Saint-Amaux
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$937
Le carré Victoria (Terracotta)
Steddy John
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 6 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 2.4 inch
$166
Vers Saint Georges
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 100 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,766
Traction #1
Florian Pugnaire
Sculpture - 125 x 68 x 80 cm Sculpture - 49.2 x 26.8 x 31.5 inch
$13,278
House in the Desert
Mario Asnago
Painting - 107 x 85 x 1 cm Painting - 42.1 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,213
Stairway to Armenian Skies
Aram Movsisyan
Painting - 65 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$350
Venise. La place Saint-Marc
Théo Tobiasse
Painting - 33.5 x 51 x 0.05 cm Painting - 13.2 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$4,205
Hawaïan pizzas are not pizzas!
Isabelle Derecque
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$4,979
L'abbaye de Sénanque 1
Laurence Gasior
Painting - 38 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
L'Empire State Building (Vue 2)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,936
Le promenade au parc
Lise Le Cœur
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,992
Guggenheim en Bilbao
Rosa Susaeta
Painting - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,992
New York City Rain #7
Marco Barberio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,859
Bibliothèque d’eau de mer
Anne-Laure Wuillai
Sculpture - 70 x 42 x 10 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 16.5 x 3.9 inch
$7,192
Borgo Toscano - Tuscany painting landscape & frame
Claudio Pallini
Painting - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$293
Four Times the Living Space
Brian Nash
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$1,750
Tropical Space Hostal
Simon Vega
Photography - 51 x 76 x 4 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,102
Columnade among the palm trees
Marta Rynkiewicz
Painting - 90 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,549
La nuit porte mes pas
Juliette Lamarca
Painting - 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,213
Rue Saint Romain Rouen
Bernard Guilain
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$941
Paysage des Alpes Suisse
Edoardo De Grada
Painting - 30 x 35.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 14 x 0.2 inch
$1,370
View of Fribourg, Switzerland with the Saint-Nicolas cathedral
Kim En Joong
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$11,618
At the End of the Day
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 44 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 17.3 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$2,102
Graduation Day, Rockefeller Chapel, UChicago, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Leon Sarantos
Painting - 55.9 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 22 x 28 x 1 inch
$3,890
Containers (Sunrise)
Téber
Photography - 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,877
Cosi after the rain
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,549
Le manoir englouti
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,438
L’Atonium
Philippe Venin-Bernard
Painting - 70 x 70 x 40 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 15.7 inch
$3,098
Le petit prince rencontre Hockney
Sokar
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,766
Sunset Rooftops
Mark Jeffrey Weiss
Painting - 117 x 86 x 4 cm Painting - 46.1 x 33.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,859
Yellow Lego Style
Anacleto Spazzapan
Sculpture - 87 x 37.7 x 53 cm Sculpture - 34.3 x 14.8 x 20.9 inch
$929
The london hotel. Los Angeles
Andrés Agustín Comastri
Painting - 85 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,477
Funky Metropolis London
Maria Luisa Azzini
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.8 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.5 inch
$1,438
Belvedere on the sea - Ravello Italy painting
Ernesto De Michele
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$404
Ronds mécaniques
Bruno Rigolle
Painting - 110 x 80 x 0.001 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,106
Bougainvillea
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,438
Stella McCartney Opéra, Spring- Summer 2006 Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 105 x 150 x 5 cm Photography - 41.3 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$13,278
The birth of Venus
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 35 x 45 x 1.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,051
Festival of Fire
Ofobuike Okudoh
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 49.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.5 inch
$3,319
Oeuf
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 80 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$3,319
Moon Shin Museum Stairs 1975
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 3.9 inch
$2,102 $1,051
Vanderbilt avenue
Patrick Rousseau
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,209
XXI 19 021 36
Pierre Muckensturm
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,328
Le Grand Duc à L’Opéra
Dan Jacobson
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,766
Moments before disaster II
Miss Fuck
Painting - 81 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 21.3 x 1 inch
$719
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!