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White night at the edge of the world.
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
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Another 15 minutes
Patrick Rousseau
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Place Sadi Carnot
Pedro Viana Parente
Painting - 39 x 29 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
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Broadway la nuit New-York
Louis Magre
Painting - 54 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
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Projet pour l'emballage de l'Ecole Militaire
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 59 x 46 cm Print - 23.2 x 18.1 inch
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Le Panthéon II (vue de la rue de la Montagne Sainte Geneviève)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Chocolate Factory & Crazy Sunset
Marion Sagon
Print - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
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Church of Consumption
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
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Le froid bleu des contre nuits 5
Antonio Segui
Print - 26 x 37 x 0.3 cm Print - 10.2 x 14.6 x 0.1 inch
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Soleil couchant
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
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Le Chrysler Building
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
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Soleil sur l'océan
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
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Chez Dodin ou le Temps de Rêver
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
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Saint Tropez vu de la citadelle
Bernard Buffet
Print - 58 x 75 x 1 cm Print - 22.8 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
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Tour Eiffel #1
Ariel Elizondo Lizarraga
Sculpture - 36 x 23 x 20 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 9.1 x 7.9 inch
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What's up in N. Y. ?
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Evening in Tbilisi
Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Painting - 40 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
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Sunset in the Seaside City
Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Painting - 40 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
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La Place Nationale de Montauban (vue 2)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Vue sur les toits Paris (vue 1)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Les dimanches matin
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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La Place Nationale de Montauban (vue 1)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Quelque Part
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Extrait poussière des sens E_S
Feng Kaixuan
Painting - 39 x 49 x 1 cm Painting - 15.4 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch
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The pine on the corner
Aleix Plademunt
Photography - 20 x 25 x 5 cm Photography - 7.9 x 9.8 x 2 inch
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Le cirque et le marché aux fruits
Edivaldo Barbosa
Painting - 82 x 152 x 3 cm Painting - 32.3 x 59.8 x 1.2 inch
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Factory and soft landscape
Marion Sagon
Painting - 50 x 88.5 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 34.8 x 0.8 inch
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Factory and sea sunset
Marion Sagon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1235 Saint-Jean d’Acre 2.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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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!