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![Painting, Una cruna sull’ago, Moi.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741398_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Iron flat #2, Jean-Philippe Berger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1602621_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Café L'Étincelle, Raluca Vulcan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1347618_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pont Alexandre III Automnal, Raluca Vulcan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1332468_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Painting, La cabane dans les marécages, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1084596_1_grid.jpg)
La cabane dans les marécages
Bault
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Sensations and Adventures, Alec Cumming](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/969405_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Sculpture, Simplicity 11, Bounoure & Genevaux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/935868_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Le château de Glérolles et le Léman, Albert Duplain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/667317_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Sculpture, 53 attempts of greatness, Daniele Sigalot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515771_1_grid.jpg)
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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![Painting, Toits de Paris, Edmond Li Bellefroid](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098176_1_grid.jpg)
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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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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![Painting, Le pont, François-Xavier de Boissoudy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/646407_1_grid.jpg)
Le pont
François-Xavier de Boissoudy
Painting - 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Le temple, François-Xavier de Boissoudy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/155875_1_grid.jpg)
Le temple
François-Xavier de Boissoudy
Painting - 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Flatiron, Lluís Puiggrós](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536780_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Un jour de janvier à Paris, Marie France Garrigues](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1345260_1_grid.jpg)
Un jour de janvier à Paris
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Maison et lilas en fleurs, Henri Dufaux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/827160_1_grid.jpg)
Maison et lilas en fleurs
Henri Dufaux
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Ruelle dans une ville avec vue sur l'église, Roger Lersy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/694182_1_grid.jpg)
Ruelle dans une ville avec vue sur l'église
Roger Lersy
Painting - 92.5 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
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![Sculpture, Chemin de vie III, Agnès K.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/664320_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, On the top of the world, Lucio Forte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2018106_1_grid.jpg)
On the top of the world
Lucio Forte
Painting - 100 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, VUE D'ATELIER, Kelkin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1943892_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Apartment 2, Julian Opie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1885752_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, LA BEAUTE SECRETE DE MAJORELLE, Sophie Petetin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1780914_1_grid.jpg)
LA BEAUTE SECRETE DE MAJORELLE
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 1 inch
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![Painting, Notte Veneziana, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1648485_1_grid.jpg)
Notte Veneziana
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 117 x 125 x 1 cm Painting - 46.1 x 49.2 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Sous le ciel de Paris, Marie France Garrigues](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1280952_1_grid.jpg)
Sous le ciel de Paris
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 73 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, MANHATTAN LES COULEURS DE LA VIE, Sophie Petetin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1136634_1_grid.jpg)
MANHATTAN LES COULEURS DE LA VIE
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
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![Painting, Water Falling, Madonna Phillips](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052550_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, A Delicate Balance Mixed Media Diptych, Abstract Painting, Madonna Phillips](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052139_1_grid.jpg)
A Delicate Balance Mixed Media Diptych, Abstract Painting
Madonna Phillips
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 2 inch
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![Sculpture, Arche Idéale, Sylvie Groud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/968322_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'Abbaye au Val de Joux, Fridolin Gaillard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/858438_1_grid.jpg)
L'Abbaye au Val de Joux
Fridolin Gaillard
Painting - 49 x 68 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.3 x 26.8 x 0.2 inch
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![Painting, La serre du Jardin des plantes, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/697170_1_grid.jpg)
La serre du Jardin des plantes
Bault
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Fraisse, Jacques Deperthes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/685083_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le retour d'Egypte, Jean Roll](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/666042_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Duplo chapel, Willibrord Nota](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/491236_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Le Houaste, Geneviève Zylberman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/327223_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstractbooks, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123862_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Histoires sans nom, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2088081_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Wrapped Opera House - Project for Sydney, Christo and Jeanne-Claude](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803777_1_grid.jpg)
Wrapped Opera House - Project for Sydney
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 86.4 x 61.6 x 0.5 cm Print - 34 x 24.25 x 0.2 inch
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![Painting, Atelier 12, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1602069_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Lovers in red Porsche 911 Targa, Patrick Cornée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504776_1_grid.jpg)
Lovers in red Porsche 911 Targa
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Betty Boop Loves Bitcoins, Patrick Cornée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1450029_1_grid.jpg)
Betty Boop Loves Bitcoins
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, In the rays of the sun, Galina Kulaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1369965_1_grid.jpg)
In the rays of the sun
Galina Kulaga
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
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![Painting, Vue sur le lac depuis le vignoble, Paul Kutscha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1283769_1_grid.jpg)
Vue sur le lac depuis le vignoble
Paul Kutscha
Painting - 84 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 33.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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![Sculpture, Noire, Sylvie Groud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029600_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Petit port Breton, Frank Milo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/877767_1_grid.jpg)
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![Fine Art Drawings, Under The Golden Moon Of Prague, Kirill Postovit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175783_1_grid.jpg)
Under The Golden Moon Of Prague
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 5.1 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sunset Over The Old Town, Kirill Postovit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2009193_1_grid.jpg)
Sunset Over The Old Town
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Au coin de la rue, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1548270_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Caltex 1, Michel Fani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1363650_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les Tuiles 2, Michel Fani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1363644_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les Tuiles 1, Michel Fani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1363641_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Banque Intra, Michel Fani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1363620_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hötel Phoenicia, Michel Fani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1363611_1_grid.jpg)
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![Fine Art Drawings, Le Palais des Doges, Venise, André Hambourg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/601536_1_grid.jpg)
Le Palais des Doges, Venise
André Hambourg
Fine Art Drawings - 30.8 x 25.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.1 x 10.2 x 0 inch
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![Painting, République, Mathieu Dussaucy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/590406_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le bal nuptial de l'homme, Thierry Charpentier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/533396_1_grid.jpg)
Le bal nuptial de l'homme
Thierry Charpentier
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Un petit coin de ciel bleu, Thierry Charpentier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/533315_1_grid.jpg)
Un petit coin de ciel bleu
Thierry Charpentier
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Matinée à Venise III, Alexei Lantsev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1688004_1_grid.jpg)
Matinée à Venise III
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
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Falling into place
Manuela Karin Knaut
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
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Como Lake
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 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!