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Console Table Camo Wood Dark oak
Un'common
Design - 85 x 50 x 28 cm Design - 33.5 x 19.7 x 11 inch
€1,320
GRUFF L brushed Nero Marquina
Un'common
Design - 30 x 90 x 90 cm Design - 11.8 x 35.4 x 35.4 inch
€1,400
GRUFF L grooved Pietra Grey
Un'common
Design - 30 x 90 x 90 cm Design - 11.8 x 35.4 x 35.4 inch
€1,930
GRUFF M grooved Pietra Grey
Un'common
Design - 35 x 70 x 70 cm Design - 13.8 x 27.6 x 27.6 inch
€1,400
Le jardin oublié IV
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 184 x 87 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 72.4 x 34.3 x 1.2 inch
€16,000
Green Hose and Rebars
Noa Charuvi
Painting - 40.64 x 50.8 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch
€2,574
Invitation to Heavens, Slovenia
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
€500
Mont saint Notseig
Notseig
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 29.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11.6 x 0.4 inch
€800
Fruttivendolo in Naples
Marco Santaniello
Print - 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
€300
Squatter Building Berlin
Marco Santaniello
Print - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€300
N° 1010 Patetico ostinato.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€600
Parallel Worlds
Jeff Cunningham
Sculpture - 30 x 30 x 7 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 11.8 x 2.8 inch
€3,170
Marc Prat | Absis III - Triptic on wood
Marc Prat
Painting - 240 x 220 x 5 cm Painting - 94.5 x 86.6 x 2 inch
€12,000
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
La maison jaune
Jean-Paul Duvilliers
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€150
Fin de journée
Jean-Paul Duvilliers
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€700
Marble House
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€600
La Tour Seegmuller - 2
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.6 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€190
La Type 29 - Entrée en Gare de Schaerbeek
François Schuiten
Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€110
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
Stamattina dalla finestra
Luigi Iona
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€90
Sunset. February. Tower of the Bratsk Ostrog. Kolomenskoye
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,600
Veliky Ustyug. Evening. Embankment
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,500
Church of Elijah the Prophet in Cherkizovo
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,600
Temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Kolomenskoye
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,400
Musicians in living color
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1 inch
€980
Tower of the Sumy fort (Mokhovaya) XVII century. in Kolomenskoye
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,330
April. View of the Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,200
Studio door and rock wall
HowardArthur Tweedie
Painting - 44 x 34 x 2 cm Painting - 17.3 x 13.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
February. Meadery. Kolomenskoye
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€2,800
Frosty evening. View of the water tower and the Church of the Ascension
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 24 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€2,800
Early spring. Opalikha
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€2,500
Long Crendon. Sliding light
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 18 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,100
Untitled
Bernardo Navarro
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 42.9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 16.9 inch
€480
Aragonese castle. Ischia
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,000
Haddenham. Buckinghamshire. Aston Road
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,100
Before the storm. Karmanovo
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 21.13 x 27.69 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.3 x 10.9 x 0.1 inch
€3,400
Wheat fields III
Christine Staehelin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
€1,100
Wheat fields II
Christine Staehelin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
€1,150
Zvenigorod Monastery
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€2,900
Architecture of the anthropocene
Jessica Houston
Photography - 50.8 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 20 x 14 x 1 inch
€1,900
Copenhagen, Denmark
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 75 x 62 x 3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,951
Cubism in Haymarket, Sydney, Australia
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 75 x 62 x 3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,951
Sandbanks, Dorset, UK
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,951
Brighton Beach, Melbourne, Australia
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,951
Brighton Beach, Melbourne, Australia
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,951
Weymouth, Dorset, UK
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,951
The Mirror
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Photography - 50 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
€3,068
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
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!