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The blue one
Didier Engels
Photography - 120 x 85 x 9 cm Photography - 47.2 x 33.5 x 3.5 inch
€5,400
Amalfi flowery road - Southern Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
The town in bloom - Positano Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€315
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
€5,794
Gateway
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
€5,794
Daltonism
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
€5,794
Desire of a city II
Maral Der Boghossian
Painting - 149 x 70.5 cm Painting - 58.7 x 27.8 inch
€7,683
Nightly composition with the house
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.7 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.3 inch
€1,370
Période bleu
Yannick Bouillault
Sculpture - 37 x 34 x 27 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 13.4 x 10.6 inch
€600
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
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
€245
Phare de Montreuil
James Chedburn
Sculpture - 23 x 24 x 9 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 9.4 x 3.5 inch
€3,400
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
€27,038
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
Plus de chien qui aboie
Miguel Nunez Rauschert
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
€3,600
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
La chambre de Van Gogh revisitée
Alione
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€2,600
Tempête
Audrey Rouvin
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€400
Coca Cola 7 up - New York 1964
Michel Hosszù
Print - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€280
The Parable of the Tree
Ivan Shyshman
Painting - 92 x 72.5 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.5 x 0.8 inch
€13,000
Sans titre (Grenouille/maison/cloche)
Daniel Nadaud
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 74 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch
€400
Le petit banc de bois - 2/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€180
Merci la caisse d’épargne
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€180
Mourir d’amour enchaîné - 1/5
Sophie Mayeux
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€180
Maison carrée
Coralie Honnorat
Photography - 22 x 34 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13.4 x 0 inch
€200
Angel
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€3,900
Debout
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
Gothica
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€4,700
Ghost 2
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 92 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
€3,800
Toits de Paris II
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 65 x 92 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.4 inch
€3,600
Call Me Too Love Me
Samuel Ryde
Photography - 67 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
€424
Amazing stairway
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€8,060
"Szenen der Ungewissheit", #3311
Oliver Lipinski
Photography - 21 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.3 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€295
Monastere fortifie
Louis Devienne
Painting - 79 x 118 x 2 cm Painting - 31.1 x 46.5 x 0.8 inch
€7,300
In the age of Brutalism
Paul J Bucknall
Photography - 45.7 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 12 x 0.1 inch
€479
Flat Iron II
Tom Leighton
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 inch
€15,450
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!