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Village du Couserans
André Lac
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 inch
€640
Jardin du musée des beaux arts
Julie Peiffer
Photography - 60.6 x 91 cm Photography - 23.9 x 35.8 inch
€1,015
Grozny en ruines (Tchétchénie)
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
€1,300
Le générale sous la neige
Eric Turlot
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,200
Cinderella is the proof that a new pair of shoes can change your life!
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€190
Absorbés par le temps - 7
Clara Cena
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€580
Absorbés par le temps - 3
Clara Cena
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€580
Plongée sur William's Street
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 97 x 146 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 1 inch
€2,100
London Bridge is Falling Down
Sarah Jack
Painting - 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
€885
1955 Village Au bord de l'eau By the water
Kam Zin Choon
Painting - 50 x 59 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.2 inch
€3,950
Corner
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 inch
€350
Architecture
Sébastien Chauchot
Photography - 35 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€350
Color Life
Vassilia Kouboulis
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,550
Les Cités obscures - La théorie du Grain de sable
François Schuiten
Print - 80 x 60 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
€200
Hawaïan pizzas are not pizzas!
Isabelle Derecque
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€4,500
5th avenue, snow version
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
€3,200
Urbain brutalisme - Photographie digigraphie (1) (10)
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€250
Urbain brutalisme - Photographie digigraphie (1) (9)
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€250
Urbain brutalisme - Photographie digigraphie (1) (8)
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€250
Urbain brutalisme - Photographie digigraphie (1) (1)
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€250
Paris, le Sacré Coeur
Georges Yoldjoglou
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Paris, le pont des Arts
Georges Yoldjoglou
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Intérieur parisien Haussmanien
Cyril Destrade
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 18 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 7.1 inch
€750
Urban Patterns - 5-panels
Carl McGrady
Painting - 61 x 165.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 65 x 1 inch
€5,346
Monte Amiata I, Milan
Richard Heeps
Photography - 38 x 28 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15 x 11 x 0.2 inch
€220
Paysage de Printemps avec une Chapelle
François Gos
Painting - 39 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 15.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,441
Disney friends
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€2,450
Akihabara - série voyage en Asie
Brigitte Genty
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€575
Station Barbès
Fabrice Quignette
Photography - 39 x 29 x 1 cm Photography - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
€500
Vue sur les toits
Frédéric Goerg
Painting - 36.8 x 36.8 x 2 cm Painting - 14.5 x 14.5 x 0.8 inch
€843
A los pies de Zorrilla (Valladolid)
Tere Duro
Photography - 100 x 75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 inch
€700
Rokko Housing 2
Yves Bélorgey
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 121 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 47.6 inch
€7,500
69 rue des Pyrénées
Yves Bélorgey
Fine Art Drawings - 81 x 121 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.9 x 47.6 inch
€7,500
283 rue des Pyrénées
Yves Bélorgey
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 121 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 47.6 inch
€7,500
The National Theatre
David Walker
Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch
€5,128
Les lumières de Central Park
Vianney
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€3,050
Petra, le trésor immergé
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,999
Your majesty, The Tyn church
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€420
Cascade
Anna Krtshatsyan
Painting - 125 x 145 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 57.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,300 €1,105
Récup
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
€5,100
Empire
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 200 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
€10,000 €9,500
S. Grover Cleveland 1885
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 90 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
€5,500
Un après midi sur la baie de San Francisco
Vianney
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
Soir sur le Golden Gate
Vianney
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€4,300
Honfleur couleurs du soir
Lyne Seybel
Painting - 46 x 65 x 4 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch
€980
Moda DIOR, Venezia 1951
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 40 x 32 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
€500
Le silence de la nuit et de ses oiseaux
Magali Trivino
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,320
Le beau temps du printemps
Magali Trivino
Painting - 120 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
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!