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Escalier à Tinos, Grèce
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,152
Portail à Brie
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,071
L'escalade du Symphony of the Seas
Pierre Gély-Fort
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,364
Point de vue VIP
Pierre Gély-Fort
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$909
Paysage automnal
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 67.5 x 93 x 2 cm Painting - 26.6 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,152
Grande Motte Seagulls 2V
Clemente Vergara
Photography - 70 x 56 cm Photography - 27.6 x 22 inch
$512
Sample space urban 2.3
Franck Guedj
Photography - 50 x 130 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,297
La Cathédrale
Xavier Albert Fiala
Painting - 108.5 x 89 x 1 cm Painting - 42.7 x 35 x 0.4 inch
$2,305
1985 Paris Rue Saint Dominique CARNAVALET MUSEUM PARIS Collection
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 38 x 45.3 cm Print - 15 x 17.8 inch
$790
San Francisco Bay bridge #1
Bruno Paget
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2.7 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.1 inch
$6,252
Notre Dame de Neige
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$546
Parvis de Notre Dame et les quais
Armand Marie Guérin
Painting - 65.5 x 80.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.8 x 31.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,700
Lecture d'Opéra
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$131
Maisons Saint-Gué 010
Marion Zylberman
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,637
Mullioned window with flowers
Andrea Borella
Painting - 47 x 37 x 1 cm Painting - 18.5 x 14.6 x 0.4 inch
$654
Pink Champagne Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey
Richard Heeps
Photography - 80 x 63.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25 x 0 inch
$934
ED Ruscha : Picsou ta petite entreprise, connaît pas la crise ?
Benny Arte
Print - 50 x 78 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 30.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,023
Diaquaorwochrome n°8
Stéphane Belzère
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,125
Lighthouse Snow Globe
Brian Nash
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$2,450
Architecture 1
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,257
La porta della Toscana
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$193
New York 20
Jean-François Mollière
Photography - 58 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 22.8 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,092
Paysages sensibles 7
Jean-François Mollière
Photography - 45 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,285
New York 67
Jean-François Mollière
Photography - 58 x 58 x 1 cm Photography - 22.8 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch
$2,092
Rue animée au coucher du soleil
Sylvain Vigny
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,490
Balade avenue William Favre
Eugène Louis Martin
Painting - 40.5 x 26.5 x 1 cm Painting - 15.9 x 10.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,979
Bio center – station over the vine
Kaliya Ka
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$523
Pluie sur Versailles
Raluca Vulcan
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,728
Le mystère de la chambre verte, Hilton Head, USA
Pascal Therme
Photography - 67 x 104 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26.4 x 40.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,591
Promenade du soir
Sylvain Vigny
Painting - 26.5 x 34 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 13.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,653
Centre de Pyongyang
Didier Bizet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,364
Journey to meet the ocean
Harouna Ouedraogo
Painting - 144 x 144 cm Painting - 56.7 x 56.7 inch
$4,547
Black and Color series: New York City - Lower Manhattan
Mark Elst
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,023
La Tour Seegmuller
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$216
Thira Courtyard
Elena Borstein
Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22 x 0.04 inch
$4,500
Camaguey
Elena Borstein
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.04 inch
$5,000
Dreary School Day
Christian Frederiksen
Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.9 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$796
Memories IV
Victoria Dearing
Photography - 27.5 x 44.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 10.8 x 17.5 x 0.1 inch
$568
Hotel Normandie, diptyque
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,092
Les oubliées 8 - série Paysage et Architecture
Gilbert Ovtcharenko
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$767 $653
Les oubliées 5 - série Paysage et Architecture industrielle
Gilbert Ovtcharenko
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$767 $653
Les oubliées 3 - série Paysage et Architecture
Gilbert Ovtcharenko
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$767 $653
Murano Colonna (Venise, Italie)
Barbara Petit Lisy
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$1,214
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!