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Sunset waves
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 95.4 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 37.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,074
Far West
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,414
Western
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 52.3 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 20.6 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,074
Il Colosseo e la Domus Aura, Roma
Luigi Surdi
Painting - 55 x 66.5 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 26.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,528
Place Garibaldi
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,262
Habitat
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 84.8 x 115 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.4 x 45.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,018
Global warming 1.0
Franck Guedj
Photography - 110 x 165 x 1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 65 x 0.4 inch
$8,482
Les couleurs de la nuit
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 70 x 105 x 5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 2 inch
$1,357
Self-Portrait 20.127
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$328
Self-Portrait 20.126
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$328
Self-Portrait 20.112
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$328
Self-Portrait 15.27
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$271
Self-Portrait 18.33
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$339
Two Men of Letters - Schagl Abbey Library
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 159 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 62.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,785
Homenaje al Racionalismo
Renato Manzoni
Print - 120 x 60 x 1 cm Print - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$16,963
Milich'sche Library I, Görlitz
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 130 cm Photography - 50 x 51.2 inch
$6,785
Lichtreflex - Transformation
Hein Gravenhorst
Photography - 36 x 29 cm Photography - 14.2 x 11.4 inch
$13,571
The Cohen room, Oxford
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 146 x 127 x 2 cm Photography - 57.5 x 50 x 0.8 inch
$6,785
Le métropolitain
Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$339
Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences, Görlitz
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 141 cm Photography - 50 x 55.5 inch
$6,785
Library of Congress IV, Washington
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 130 cm Photography - 50 x 51.2 inch
$6,785
Sainte Geneviève Library, Paris
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 151 cm Photography - 50 x 59.4 inch
$6,785
Saint Peter's Abbey Library
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 190 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$9,160
Library of the Abbey in Waldsassen, Bavaria
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 152 x 160 x 3 cm Photography - 59.8 x 63 x 1.2 inch
$9,160
Le grand port
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 43.5 x 62.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 17.1 x 24.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,254
Neustift Abbey library
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 151 x 3 cm Photography - 50 x 59.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,785
Château
Hermann Paul
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 25.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$452
Port de pêche animé
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 50 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$2,265
Paysage et maison de campagne
René Guinand
Painting - 49.5 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,402
Cambodia Mixed Media IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,685
Ancient Asia XXII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,798
Ancient Asia XXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,798
Fountain of the Turtles
Giuseppe Malandrino
Print - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$271
Nara in Blue, Japan
Alexandra Roddan
Painting - 65 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,958
Maternité de Grozny, Tchétchénie
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$2,827
Naples in Light Blue
Alexandra Roddan
Painting - 75 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,958
Television Antenna
Domenico Purificato
Painting - 35.6 x 25.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14 x 10 x 0 inch
$475
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Là-bas.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 33 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$226
2004 Paris Rue du Grenier sur l'eau
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 46 x 27 cm Painting - 18.1 x 10.6 inch
$8,482
1994 Paris Hôtel de l'Abbé Jean Brunet Rue d'Ecosse et de Lanneau
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 46 x 38 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 inch
$10,743
1985 Bruxelles Rue de Rollebeck A l'étrille du Vieux Bruxelles
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$8,482
Confinement sans perspective
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,131
Paysage d'un village enneigé
Albert Joseph Januarius Di Décarli
Painting - 37.5 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 14.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,276
Crossing TV
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$452
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!