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Useless Dream
Fred Borghesi
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,906
Poolside Ladies
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$3,475
Evanescence
Alain Longeaud
Photography - 65 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,401
La porte d'or, Place Stanislas, Nancy
Jame's Prunier
Painting - 46 x 65 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 inch
$1,682
Defining Shadows III
Maureen J Haldeman
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.6 cm Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.25 inch
$1,600
La Plage - série bord de mer
Carla PM
Painting - 31 x 23 x 3 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.1 x 1.2 inch
$437
Chiesa di Garnier - Bordighera
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$740
Saint Malo et le Fort National
Françoise Lavenu
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,480
Haloween sur mer
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$785
Notre Dame de Neige
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$538
Village dans la brume
Marianne Dencausse Robbe
Painting - 65 x 92 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 inch
$1,188
Lecture d'Opéra
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$129
Le Havre, Porte Océane
Lassana Sarr
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
La porta della Toscana
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$191
Purple sky
Artiste Ouvrier
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,045 $4,540
Ciel de bronze
Artiste Ouvrier
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,045 $4,540
L'arbre bleu
Artiste Ouvrier
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,045 $4,540
Dream City Prague -Old Square
Alexandr Klemens
Painting - 100 x 79.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.3 inch
$1,682
MMCA Museum Collection 2 Pagodas Fountain sculptures Moon Shin 1979
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 8.3 inch
$4,428
1979 Moon Shin Monumental sculpture on the City
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$4,372
Paris La Défense Grande Arche 1971
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 25 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.8 inch
$3,251
1972 Dreaming Moon Shin Museum
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 11.8 inch
$4,372
Moon Shin Museum Dream 1972
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.7 inch
$4,372
1972 Red and Black Moon Shin Museum en rouge et noir
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 8.7 inch
$4,372
1975 Moon Shin in black
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 16 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 6.3 inch
$3,251
Moon Shin Museum 1975
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 inch
$4,372
Fontaines du Moon Shin Museum Fountains 1979
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 26 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 10.2 inch
$3,251
MOON SHIN Museum 1977
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$4,372
Moon Shin Museum 1977
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$5,493
Italian Landscape with Signals
Leo Guida
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
$1,457
1911 Maison de campagne Country house
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$1,626 $813
1915 Escalier du village Village Stairs
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 inch
$1,962
1915 Maison normande Normandy house
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$1,626 $813
Chairman Mao’s Long Journey, Building the Guggenheim
Erró
Painting - 104 x 63 x 2 cm Painting - 40.9 x 24.8 x 0.8 inch
$8,408
Arboriculture
Paule Bernard Roussel
Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$1,121
Poissons chats
Paule Bernard Roussel
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,682
Le café renversé
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 60 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,065
The tower /Fall winter 2006 Le Grand Palais Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 150 x 250 x 5 cm Photography - 59.1 x 98.4 x 2 inch
$24,664
Paris, Louvre Passage Richelieu
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$202
Lac Tonlé Sap 2 - Série Paysage d'Asie
Marie-Thérèse Chanel
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,749
Lac Tonlé Sap - Série Paysage d'Asie
Marie-Thérèse Chanel
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,749
Uomini e Cappelli, 1955 - New York
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 60 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,850
Le carrefour de la Goutte d'or, Paris
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,121
100th Anniversary Celebration Coffret # 11 - Hong Kong 1956 - Tiré à part # 1
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 42 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,446
De Gaulle et la grande réconciliation Franco Allemande.
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$897
Promenade Parisienne
Jean-Baptiste Delarue
Print - 52 x 74 x 2 cm Print - 20.5 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
$785
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!