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![Painting, Vive les vacances, Sylvie Eudes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/920997_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’Heure Dorée, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/688086_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Place Nationale (Vue 3), Marie France Garrigues](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1637823_1_grid.jpg)
La Place Nationale (Vue 3)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, San Francisco Golden Bridge, Vianney](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350291_1_grid.jpg)
San Francisco Golden Bridge
Vianney
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Aquarium II, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/782547_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Institut, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/493828_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Black Barn, Matthew Porter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/322534_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'Étang, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/294697_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Village and flowery vineyard - Tuscany landscape painting + frame, Bruno Chirici](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189338_1_grid.jpg)
Village and flowery vineyard - Tuscany landscape painting + frame
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Village with flowering - Tuscany landscape painting + frame, Bruno Chirici](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189335_1_grid.jpg)
Village with flowering - Tuscany landscape painting + frame
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Vineyard with red poppies - Tuscany landscape painting + frame, Bruno Chirici](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189331_1_grid.jpg)
Vineyard with red poppies - Tuscany landscape painting + frame
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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![Photography, Tungsten Tuesdays, Barry Cawston](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/920214_1_grid.jpg)
Tungsten Tuesdays
Barry Cawston
Photography - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Sculpture, Heart Painter, Bernard Saint-Maxent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/580725_1_grid.jpg)
Heart Painter
Bernard Saint-Maxent
Sculpture - 100 x 30 x 10 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 11.8 x 3.9 inch
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![Painting, North. Sunset in Henningsvær, Nadezda Stupina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188028_1_grid.jpg)
North. Sunset in Henningsvær
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Dup, Ramon Enrich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192235_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, White night at the edge of the world., Nadezda Stupina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188027_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Painting, Flamboyante, Chavé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192333_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Saint Tropez vu de la citadelle, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/438354_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Painting, Clarté lunaire, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006752_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N°499, Pierre Fillastre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1081059_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Palace Of Power, Shepard Fairey (Obey)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/622104_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, En avancée, Sylvie Groud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/932874_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Maison d'hôtes 3, Ralph Resch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1755642_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nepenthes, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006866_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nuit Rouge, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/685833_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Gallery, François Avril](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2112381_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Départ, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1422489_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les trois moulins, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1968381_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Rochelle, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/745971_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La rue, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/745959_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'église, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/745716_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les moulins, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/745689_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paris 16h, Eric Turlot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/720987_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Voyeurs, Nora Ampova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537656_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Sanctuary V, Philip Hearsey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/740055_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Folia I, Philip Hearsey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/740031_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunset Symphony, Lilly Muth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172604_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Church of Consumption, Shepard Fairey (Obey)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1198302_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Print, Projet pour l'emballage de l'Ecole Militaire, Christo and Jeanne-Claude](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1133535_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Print, La tour Eiffel, Yves Brayer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/538546_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Résidence secondaire, AKET](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1345560_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portait de Pinnochio, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172991_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tour Eiffel #1, Ariel Elizondo Lizarraga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154864_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Sculpture, Tour Eiffel, Ariel Elizondo Lizarraga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154854_1_grid.jpg)
Tour Eiffel
Ariel Elizondo Lizarraga
Sculpture - 53 x 35 x 32 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 13.8 x 12.6 inch
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![Print, America’s Favorite (Red), Shepard Fairey (Obey)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1326117_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Anagogie, Monkeybird](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212987_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le froid bleu des contre nuits 5, Antonio Segui](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/934827_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Print, 3D-Construction: Paris, Gottfried Salzmann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/426186_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Another 15 minutes, Patrick Rousseau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1926222_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Print, A peace of Land, Marion Sagon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1291812_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Umbrellas, Japan-USA, 1984-91. Ibaraki, Japan site, Christo and Jeanne-Claude](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/297844_1_grid.jpg)
The Umbrellas, Japan-USA, 1984-91. Ibaraki, Japan site
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 64 x 98 cm Photography - 25.2 x 38.6 inch
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![Painting, Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Ellie Hesse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1910427_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fashion Passion, Sahara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479606_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Closing Curl, Philip Hearsey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/757875_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-J1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/686031_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Rideau, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/906003_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Institut III, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/804642_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Project for a Public Building's Packaging, Christo and Jeanne-Claude](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/672570_1_grid.jpg)
Project for a Public Building's Packaging
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Photography - 54 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 21.3 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Horaires de Nuit II, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/494176_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lune Rousse, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/494056_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Evening in Tbilisi, Giorgi Kukhalashvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1473648_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Painting, Soir d'été, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1422555_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Escalier III, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1422495_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La région du café, Luis Alvarado](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1332891_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les coquelicots, Christof Monnin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125431_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunset in the Seaside City, Giorgi Kukhalashvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1473507_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Print, L'Empire des Lumières, René Magritte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/899916_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dive right in, Lilly Muth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178019_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le soir, Hans Berger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/667320_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Extrait poussière des sens E_S, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/663396_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Painting, Sedia, Moi.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741404_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nice Vieille Ville, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191117_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lunch time, Jean-Philippe Berger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325031_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, promenade a new york, Louis Magre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884088_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Broadway la nuit New-York, Louis Magre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1968414_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Sculpture, Nautilus- Submarine, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1744680_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Of is, Benoit Thiel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/599253_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Of Do, Benoit Thiel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/599247_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rue des Postes, Michel Fani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1363602_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le petit train..., Fausto Perez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1340349_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hommage à la Tour Eiffel, Valerio Adami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1274982_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 3 Towers, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356948_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Factory and soft landscape, Marion Sagon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1238433_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Painting, Never too late for New York, Manuela Karin Knaut](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/735018_1_grid.jpg)
Never too late for New York
Manuela Karin Knaut
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
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![Painting, Majestic New York city, washed in sunlight Art: 100721, Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1246167_1_grid.jpg)
Majestic New York city, washed in sunlight Art: 100721
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 80.7 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Granada, Andalucia, Ellie Hesse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123895_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans Titre Ref (214), Nicolas Dubreuille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978309_1_grid.jpg)
Sans Titre Ref (214)
Nicolas Dubreuille
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Le cirque et le marché aux fruits, Edivaldo Barbosa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098197_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Fine Art Drawings, Vignes en Provence, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1181943_1_grid.jpg)
Vignes en Provence
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 47 x 60.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 23.8 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Tryptique, Pauline Di Valentin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/837096_1_grid.jpg)
Tryptique
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Route du port, Istanbul, Alexei Lantsev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700673_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Venise, Alexei Lantsev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700661_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aqua Paola, Rome, Alexei Lantsev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700658_1_grid.jpg)
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!