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Camille Adra
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$246
Late Coffee, Route 66
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$391
Vista Las Palmas #1
Heike Bohnstengel
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$391
Avignon Castle
Alexandr Reznichenko
Painting - 130 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$6,708
When I was young, I used to have followers, now I just follow him
K Oldal
Painting - 20 x 25 x 0.2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$447
Golden Elegance : Tokyo Tower in the Night's Sonata
Hiro Ando
Painting - 180 x 144 x 3 cm Painting - 70.9 x 56.7 x 1.2 inch
$8,385
Samuraicat’s Nikon Nocturne : Shadows Captured
Hiro Ando
Painting - 140 x 93 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch
$5,814
View of an office building
Jason DeBose
Photography - 83 x 58 x 2 cm Photography - 32.7 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,460
BLUE LOVE IN SHINJUKU’S NIGHT SYMPHONY : NISHIKIGOI LULLABY
Hiro Ando
Painting - 180 x 84 x 5 cm Painting - 70.9 x 33.1 x 2 inch
$6,708
ALABASTER ELEGANCE AND CRIMSON ECHO : KOHAKU’S DANCE IN TOKYO’S NIGHT
Hiro Ando
Painting - 160 x 128 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 50.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,708
Prinsengracht I Amsterdam
Rick Triest
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,404
Aan de Amsterdamse Grachten III
Rick Triest
Painting - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,739
La Grande Mosquée des Omeyades
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 61 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$559
City Hall
Thibaut De Rohan-Chabot
Photography - 71 x 71 x 0.2 cm Photography - 28 x 28 x 0.1 inch
$559
Vies/Babel
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 186 x 120 x 120 cm Sculpture - 73.2 x 47.2 x 47.2 inch
$24,596
C'est ici - série paysage imaginaire
Marc Sinic
Print - 50 x 70 x 1.5 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$447
Autoportrait au pack - série monde imaginaire
Marc Sinic
Print - 50 x 70 x 1.5 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$447
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 3
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,354
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 4
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,354
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 5
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,354
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 6
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,354
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 7
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,354
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 1
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 29 x 21 cm Photography - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
$3,354
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 2
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,354
Dream Machine / Homage To Interbau 57 Berlin 1
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,354
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 4
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,354
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 7
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,354
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 9
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,354
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 10
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 29 x 21 cm Photography - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
$3,354
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 13
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 29 x 21 cm Photography - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
$3,354
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 12
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 29 x 21 cm Photography - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
$3,354
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 3
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,354
Legendary Peter Behrens AEG Turbine Factory Berlin 1
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 21 x 29 cm Photography - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$3,354
Los Angeles sunset
Yaroslav Yasenev
Painting - 150 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$3,801
New York
Jean-Michel Berts
Photography - 109 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 42.9 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$7,211
Arc de Triomphe
Jean-Michel Berts
Photography - 110 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$7,770
Geometric Contact
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Have Some Skittles
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Mazots au pied du Cervin
Marius Chambaz
Painting - 33 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,500
In memory of George Orwell
Michel Tabanou
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$334
The Bruges Canal
Alina Khrapchynska
Painting - 90 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$5,087
L'été À La Mer Noire
Alina Khrapchynska
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,019
Les Heures De Tranquillité
Alina Khrapchynska
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,482
Été à la mer Noire
Alina Khrapchynska
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,432
Karlovi Vari - Jour de fête
Alina Khrapchynska
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,287
Automne a Dresden
Alina Khrapchynska
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,063
Underworld (1b)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 35 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 13.8 inch
$3,578
Loggia
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 36 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,100
Windy Morning
Asya Feoktistova
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$10,146
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais
José Nicolas
Photography - 36 x 36 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$559
Autumn in Chisinau
Natalia Yampolskaya
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,298
Memories of Greece
Natalia Yampolskaya
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,460
Church in Kovachevitsa
Yordan Velkov
Painting - 40 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$280
Moment in Gorno Dryanovo
Yordan Velkov
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$414
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!