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Les Terreaux Du Temple
Percival Pernet
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
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La piscine du Vallon des Auffes
Sébastien Arcouet
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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Toits de Paris
Edmond Li Bellefroid
Painting - 36.5 x 45.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14.4 x 17.9 x 0.2 inch
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Composition architecturale, rue d'Aix-en-Provence
Danilo Wyss
Painting - 61 x 41.5 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 16.3 x 0.8 inch
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Red Landscape
Gustave Bourgogne
Fine Art Drawings - 37 x 54 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.6 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch
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Croix De Rozon
Alexandre Blanchet
Painting - 55 x 37.5 x 1.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 14.8 x 0.6 inch
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Versailles, 12/05/2016, 18h28
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 85 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
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Brooklyn Bridge from the New York, New York Portfolio
Robert Indiana
Print - 77.5 x 58.4 cm Print - 30.5 x 23 inch
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White Dog in the Interior
Tinatin Chkhikvishvili
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
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Peint station
Olivier Liégent
Photography - 51 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 20.1 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
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Ballade nocturne
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Sur le pont des Arts
Olga Novokhatska
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Maison en Provence
Walter Mafli
Painting - 33.5 x 40.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13.2 x 15.9 x 0.2 inch
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Composition à l'encre
André Marfaing
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 19.7 inch
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Palm Springs Perspective II
Carrie Graber
Painting - 55.9 x 96.5 x 3.8 cm Painting - 22 x 38 x 1.5 inch
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Les Voiliers
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Petit marché animé à Naples et vue sur le Vésuve
Oscar Ricciardi
Painting - 35 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
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Medina
Topolino
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
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Boteco’s favela
Cleverson de Oliveira
Painting - 95 x 56 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 22 x 0.8 inch
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Kitchen sink / moral support
Andrew Weir
Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.01 cm Painting - 18.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch
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Etude Parisienne 7ème
Mathieu Dussaucy
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Paysage enneigé
Vaclav Vojtech Novak
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
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Pont des Bergues et son marché, Genève
Lucien Jaggi
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
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Voiliers à quai en Normandie
Fernand Herbo
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Les insouciants à Paris
Béatrice Coulibeuf-Espejo
Painting - 45 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
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Les insouciants à Chicago - 2
Béatrice Coulibeuf-Espejo
Painting - 45 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
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Les insouciants à Venise
Béatrice Coulibeuf-Espejo
Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
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En balayant la cour du couvent
Rodolpho Tamanini Netto
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Pont Alexandre III Automnal
Raluca Vulcan
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
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Under The Golden Moon Of Prague
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 70 x 90 x 0.6 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
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Sensations and Adventures
Alec Cumming
Painting - 152 x 152 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.8 x 59.8 x 1 inch
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Passage Jacques Chirac à Nice
Omar Logang
Painting - 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
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January
Salvatore Mangione (Salvo)
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
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Le château de Glérolles et le Léman
Albert Duplain
Painting - 55.5 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.9 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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53 attempts of greatness
Daniele Sigalot
Sculpture - 110 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 43.3 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
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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!