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Maternité de Grozny, Tchétchénie
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
€2,500
Naples in Light Blue
Alexandra Roddan
Painting - 75 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€3,500
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Là-bas.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 33 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 8.7 x 0 inch
€200
2004 Paris Rue du Grenier sur l'eau
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 46 x 27 cm Painting - 18.1 x 10.6 inch
€7,500
1994 Paris Hôtel de l'Abbé Jean Brunet Rue d'Ecosse et de Lanneau
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 46 x 38 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 inch
€9,500
1985 Bruxelles Rue de Rollebeck A l'étrille du Vieux Bruxelles
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
€7,500
Confinement sans perspective
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
Teatro
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 125 x 125 cm Fine Art Drawings - 49.2 x 49.2 inch
€6,250
Madagascar, Analamanga, mère et fils agriculteurs
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
€600
Village with flowering - Tuscany landscape painting
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€215
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
€3,000
Deux écureuils à New York
Sophie Neury
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€200
Ancient temple hidden in the deep mountains
Jinxian Zhang
Painting - 64 x 164 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.2 x 64.6 x 0.2 inch
€4,500
La mise au tombeau du Christ
Frédéric Goerg
Painting - 100.5 x 81.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.6 x 32.1 x 1 inch
€2,308
Old Woman Feeding Birds
Akim Levich
Painting - 85 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
€6,500
The blue one
Didier Engels
Photography - 120 x 85 x 9 cm Photography - 47.2 x 33.5 x 3.5 inch
€5,400
Limiting (What You See Is What You Get)
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
€5,757
Gateway
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
€5,757
Daltonism
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
€5,757
The Waiting Room
Ilan Benattar
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch
€3,500
The Bridge
Ilan Benattar
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch
€3,500
Desire of a city II
Maral Der Boghossian
Painting - 149 x 70.5 cm Painting - 58.7 x 27.8 inch
€7,634
Okage Yokocho - série voyage en Asie
Brigitte Genty
Painting - 20 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€365
Les cabanes sur la plage
Pierrette Dijonneau
Painting - 17 x 22 x 1 cm Painting - 6.7 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch
€290
Les cabanes sur la plage
Pierrette Dijonneau
Painting - 17 x 22 x 1 cm Painting - 6.7 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch
€290
Une nuit de confort (2017-4)
Hyun Ah KIM
Painting - 20 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€250
Twin Palms #2
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€350
View of the gulf - Sorrento painting
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€230
Flowery house on the coast - Sorrento painting
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€230
Parages 26- manèges-Dunkerque (4)
Gil Michel
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€2,500
Parages 6- holidays-Morbihan
Gil Michel
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€2,500
Les canaux de Venise
Romain Ozanon
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
€120
Red poppies field - Tuscany painting + frame
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€275
Pere Lachaise City Cemtery
Gav Banns
Painting - 24.9 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
€244
Phare de Montreuil
James Chedburn
Sculpture - 23 x 24 x 9 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 9.4 x 3.5 inch
€3,400 €3,060
Quiet country farmhouse - Tuscany landscape painting
Claudio Pallini
Painting - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€165
Corridor of Cram School
Wang Dianyu
Painting - 50 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
€400
Parisian city life - France Belle Epoque painting
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€450
La soledad de las columnas (1)
Luis Miguel Valdes
Painting - 140 x 460 x 0.3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 181.1 x 0.1 inch
€26,865
Souvenir d'une nuit étoilée
Alione
Painting - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€4,600
La rue est à nous
Florence Le Van
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€400
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!