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Eironciño dos cabaleiros
Paco Ascón Callejo
Painting - 74 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,766
Still life
Prajakta Potnis
Photography - 78.7 x 144.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 31 x 57 x 1 inch
$10,000
Horse (Paris, Hôtel de Ville)
Ivan Argote
Photography - 62 x 42 cm Photography - 24.4 x 16.5 inch
$5,864
Mirror N°13 Los Angeles Crystal Church
Lixian Cai
Painting - 129.5 x 49.5 cm Painting - 51 x 19.5 inch
$4,758
Windows in the East
Jeff Cunningham
Sculpture - 42 x 30 x 1.5 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$1,289
1990 Museum Beaubourg
Jean-Pierre Stora
Painting - 32 x 15.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.6 x 6.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,158 $1,079
My menhir III - a favourite from Nepal
Tomasz Lubaszka
Painting - 50 x 40 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$1,106
Les cerfs-volants
Amerlin Delinois
Painting - 25 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$332 $299
Composition de Notre Dame
Paul Mathey
Painting - 29 x 41 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
$799
Hôtel joyeux, Amboise
Eliane Diverly
Painting - 32 x 23 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
$571
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Le Vieux Monsieur.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 22 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13 x 0 inch
$221
Abstraction urbaine #5
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 49 x 69 x 2.9 cm Photography - 19.3 x 27.2 x 1.1 inch
$1,328
Brooklyn Arche
Sylvie Benoit
Photography - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,877
Insta(nt)llation - Synagogue Rumbach Sebestye n, Budapest 2/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Painting - 29 x 19 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,029
Corn at Night
Levon Fljyan
Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,317 $1,185
City of sky
Junya Wang
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 46 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,213
I Silenzi del Canale (Venice)
Alex Bertaina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,296
Rue des Martyrs
Mathieu Dussaucy
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$1,660
Il jouait du piano debout
Memento
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$996
Projection view (Palms and yellow boom)
Vincent Lamouroux
Photography - 134 x 93.5 x 1 cm Photography - 52.8 x 36.8 x 0.4 inch
$9,405
Breakthrough III, Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Madonna Phillips
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 inch
$4,600
Borough Station 1
Michael Wallner
Photography - 38 x 48 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$641
Mid-Century Modern Gas Station
John Ferry
Painting - 28 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 11 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$4,537
Paris 13 ème "Olympiades Vibes N°2" (XL)
Papa Mesk
Photography - 160 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 63 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,770
Marrakech - Ancient Walls
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$941
Lamayuru Monastery
Larry Snider
Photography - 51 x 51 x 1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
$443
Collection Ville Autrement / Nice Autrement / Divin
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$609
Herefordshire House
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
$1,660
Dunham Massey National Trust Outbuildings painting
Gav Banns
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$905
Winter Khiva landscape
Dilshod Khudayorov
Painting - 27 x 40.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 15.9 x 0.2 inch
$880
S-28-11 Œuf du vent
Katsuji KISHIDA
Sculpture - 140 x 40 x 86 cm Sculpture - 55.1 x 15.7 x 33.9 inch
$7,745
Swiss boat
François Boisrond
Fine Art Drawings - 23.5 x 30.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.3 x 12 inch
$996
La Tour Eiffel dans les nuages
Elodie Grégoire
Photography - 70 x 95 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch
$3,873
View of a suburban crosswalk
Jason DeBose
Photography - 63 x 58 x 2 cm Photography - 24.8 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,992
Le Sacré coeur - Paris et son architecture
Lucien Dufour
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,075
Le port de non-attache - série bateau et mer
Jean-Daniel Depardieu
Painting - 55 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,798
Singapore, from the Gardens to the Bay 1
Bruno Paget
Photography - 80 x 120 x 2.7 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.1 inch
$3,873
Ritual
Enrico Sacchetti
Fine Art Drawings - 72 x 54 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.3 x 21.3 x 0 inch
$1,660
Centre de Pyongyang
Didier Bizet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,328
Two Days Later
Radu Rodideal
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,873 $2,905
1999 Paris Rue de Lanneau Quartier Latin
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 65 x 48 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 inch
$1,051
Le Quai de Seine à Paris - série bords de Seine
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$321
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!