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![Painting, Squeezed, Rod McIntosh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/636258_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Knockout, Rod McIntosh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/636243_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Notre-Dame de Paris, Anne-Marie Toporkoff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/567741_1_grid.jpg)
Notre-Dame de Paris
Anne-Marie Toporkoff
Photography - 18 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 7.1 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€780
![Photography, Les ponts de la Seine, Anne-Marie Toporkoff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/567717_1_grid.jpg)
Les ponts de la Seine
Anne-Marie Toporkoff
Photography - 31 x 18.5 cm Photography - 12.2 x 7.3 inch
€780
![Fine Art Drawings, Thira Courtyard, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/513200_1_grid.jpg)
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
€4,366
![Fine Art Drawings, Camaguey, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/511082_1_grid.jpg)
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
€4,851
![Sculpture, Le Suivant, Alexandre Mijatovic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/269161_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ciutadella parck. Barcelona, Joan Copons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181385_1_grid.jpg)
Ciutadella parck. Barcelona
Joan Copons
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
![Painting, Bridge over the Seine, Joan Copons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181384_1_grid.jpg)
Bridge over the Seine
Joan Copons
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
![Painting, Cafe in France, Lluis Ribas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178783_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Roy's Motel Sign, Amboy, California, Richard Heeps](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173343_1_grid.jpg)
Roy's Motel Sign, Amboy, California
Richard Heeps
Photography - 80 x 63.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25 x 0 inch
€863
![Fine Art Drawings, Dreary School Day, Christian Frederiksen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158327_1_grid.jpg)
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
€700
![Photography, Pink Champagne Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey, Richard Heeps](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156569_1_grid.jpg)
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
€863
![Painting, Green heart, Carlos Diaz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128099_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Floating place, Carlos Diaz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125830_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La Palette dans le Circuit de Sao, Carol Aplogan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005101_1_grid.jpg)
La Palette dans le Circuit de Sao
Carol Aplogan
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€700
![Photography, Helix, Singapour, Carol Aplogan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005098_1_grid.jpg)
Helix, Singapour
Carol Aplogan
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
€750
![Photography, La Palette de Sao, Brazil, Carol Aplogan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005086_1_grid.jpg)
La Palette de Sao, Brazil
Carol Aplogan
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
€700
![Photography, Sous Mac, Niteroï, Carol Aplogan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005083_1_grid.jpg)
Sous Mac, Niteroï
Carol Aplogan
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€700
![Painting, On-off, Carlos Diaz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1916643_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, NYC - Downtown Pano II, Jochen Cerny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1879737_1_grid.jpg)
NYC - Downtown Pano II
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 81 x 152.1 x 2.8 cm Photography - 31.9 x 59.9 x 1.1 inch
€4,608
![Print, Ciudad supuesta XV, Renato Manzoni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1774473_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Ciudad supuesta LXXXV, Renato Manzoni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1774461_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Marseille, Georges Rousse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660203_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Groenland, Jean-Christophe Béchet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1645872_1_grid.jpg)
Groenland
Jean-Christophe Béchet
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€690
![Sculpture, Hercule à l'obélisque, Ivan Theimer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1610133_1_grid.jpg)
Hercule à l'obélisque
Ivan Theimer
Sculpture - 37 x 7 x 7 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 2.8 x 2.8 inch
€11,000
![Photography, Eureka, USA, Jean-Christophe Béchet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1606965_1_grid.jpg)
Eureka, USA
Jean-Christophe Béchet
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€690
![Painting, Building 2, Vakho Bugadze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1433202_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Building 1, Vakho Bugadze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1433196_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Citizens - 12, Romeo Melikyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1420476_1_grid.jpg)
The Citizens - 12
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 50 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,200 €1,080
![Print, Untitled, Anton Lamazares](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1381986_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Factory 25, Ramon Poch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1360296_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Botanical sceneries - Petit palais Sévilles, Aurélie Trabaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329030_1_grid.jpg)
Botanical sceneries - Petit palais Sévilles
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€650
![Photography, Umbrella, Clemente Vergara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1222683_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Grande Motte Building, Clemente Vergara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1222641_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Grande Motte Seagulls V, Clemente Vergara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1222497_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Grande Motte Seagulls H, Clemente Vergara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1222491_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les Maisons de Paris, Gilles Invernizzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1184937_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Kalaallit Nunaat 12-12, Antoine Buttafoghi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1076625_1_grid.jpg)
Kalaallit Nunaat 12-12
Antoine Buttafoghi
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Kalaallit Nunaat 11-11, Antoine Buttafoghi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1076619_1_grid.jpg)
Kalaallit Nunaat 11-11
Antoine Buttafoghi
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Kalaallit Nunaat 09-09, Antoine Buttafoghi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1076616_1_grid.jpg)
Kalaallit Nunaat 09-09
Antoine Buttafoghi
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Kalaallit Nunaat 05-05, Antoine Buttafoghi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1076595_1_grid.jpg)
Kalaallit Nunaat 05-05
Antoine Buttafoghi
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Bao Loc market, Raymond Poulet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/999312_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un soir à New York, Raymond Poulet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/995664_1_grid.jpg)
Un soir à New York
Raymond Poulet
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€8,480
![Painting, La maison jaune, Jean-Paul Duvilliers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/705864_1_grid.jpg)
La maison jaune
Jean-Paul Duvilliers
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€150
![Painting, Fin de journée, Jean-Paul Duvilliers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/705819_1_grid.jpg)
Fin de journée
Jean-Paul Duvilliers
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€700
![Painting, Ciel jaune, Jean-Paul Duvilliers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/705738_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Riom-2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/699117_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Inverosimile no.3, Piero Gilardi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/665745_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ancient Town, Nina Ruseva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/50641_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Italian Sunset, Gill Storr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180013_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Village in the Snow, Gill Storr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180010_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Hospital, Ray Smith](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152837_1_grid.jpg)
Hospital
Ray Smith
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 14.6 x 0 inch
€950
![Painting, L'atelier bleu, Giuseppe Piermatteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139934_1_grid.jpg)
L'atelier bleu
Giuseppe Piermatteo
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
![Photography, N°9, Illusions, Matthieu Venot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125272_1_grid.jpg)
N°9, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Photography, N°7, Illusions, Matthieu Venot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125239_1_grid.jpg)
N°7, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Photography, N°18, Illusions, Matthieu Venot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091921_1_grid.jpg)
N°18, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Amsterdam View opus 47, Geert Lemmers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2059086_1_grid.jpg)
Amsterdam View opus 47
Geert Lemmers
Photography - 89.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€1,184
![Photography, Eclipse, Alain Longeaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2013585_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marina, AVEL Muñoz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1990017_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N° 1221 Marennes. Chenal de Cayenne., R. Cavalié](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1974669_1_grid.jpg)
N° 1221 Marennes. Chenal de Cayenne.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€700
![Painting, Ciudad, Emilio López](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1751847_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Un été à Pékin, Elisa Haberer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/15779_1_grid.jpg)
Un été à Pékin
Elisa Haberer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€3,400
![Print, Les Libérateurs, Monkeybird](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1557111_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Santa María a Maior, Paco Ascón Callejo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1518093_1_grid.jpg)
Santa María a Maior
Paco Ascón Callejo
Painting - 73 x 61 x 5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 24 x 2 inch
€1,350
![Print, House and Barn, 1954/2008, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1503636_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Putin had a dream, Michel Tabanou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1472121_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bio center – station over the vine, Kaliya Ka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1385292_1_grid.jpg)
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
€460
![Painting, Street fair, Edgar Quispe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368891_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N° 1010 Patetico ostinato., R. Cavalié](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356543_1_grid.jpg)
N° 1010 Patetico ostinato.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€600
![Painting, Eco City, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1239054_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Carnegie Hall from the Carnegie Hall 100th Anniversary Portfolio, Larry Rivers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1179195_1_grid.jpg)
Carnegie Hall from the Carnegie Hall 100th Anniversary Portfolio
Larry Rivers
Print - 144.8 x 101.6 cm Print - 57 x 40 inch
€5,821
![Painting, La grotte, Philippe Saucourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/967923_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Train de nuit #13 (au petit matin), Philippe Saucourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/967917_1_grid.jpg)
Train de nuit #13 (au petit matin)
Philippe Saucourt
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,425
![Painting, Guggenheim Night, Antonio Chaves](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/776334_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Un artiste dans la ville, François Schuiten](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/362101_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Belle soirée sur Omotesando à Tokyo, Nelson Fabiano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/285649_1_grid.jpg)
Belle soirée sur Omotesando à Tokyo
Nelson Fabiano
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€9,800
![Painting, A Brooklyn, Nelson Fabiano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174802_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 5th avenue, snow version, Christophe Jacrot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158228_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Photography, Chapelle perdue, Christophe Jacrot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157884_1_grid.jpg)
Chapelle perdue
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€2,700
![Painting, Xena, Aperato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156355_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Disco volante Boston Terrier, Aperato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154462_1_grid.jpg)
Disco volante Boston Terrier
Aperato
Painting - 42 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 16.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,200
![Sculpture, Passage, Mattia Listowski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149962_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1972 Muse à la Sculpture de granit monumentale MATHAUSEN, Florian Hunger-Pegof](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145572_1_grid.jpg)
1972 Muse à la Sculpture de granit monumentale MATHAUSEN
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
![Photography, Trees and church (Bavaria), Christophe Jacrot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123439_1_grid.jpg)
Trees and church (Bavaria)
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
€3,200
![Photography, Flashlights, Christophe Jacrot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123424_1_grid.jpg)
Flashlights
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
€3,200
![Photography, Aube, Christophe Jacrot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120811_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 5th Avenue, Christophe Jacrot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2092293_1_grid.jpg)
5th Avenue
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
€3,200
![Photography, West Broadway, Christophe Jacrot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2092272_1_grid.jpg)
West Broadway
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
€3,200
![Painting, Memories of Venice, Vik Schroeder](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2010993_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Petite bergerie en Bourgogne, Michel Trapezaroff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927935_1_grid.jpg)
Petite bergerie en Bourgogne
Michel Trapezaroff
Painting - 19 x 27 x 0.5 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
€2,940
![Print, Scintille Cremisi 1/5, Tobia Ravà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1907016_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Chair Zebu Black oak, Un'common](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1897200_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!