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Palladio, Villa Godi second view
Lucio Forte
Painting - 23 x 27 x 0.1 cm Painting - 9.1 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$85
Stamattina dalla finestra
Luigi Iona
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$102
La Colombe et le chat
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$340
Anonymat calculé
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,364
Abstraction urbaine #6
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,364
Send in the Clown-Are We a Pair?
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$5,115
Judgement of Sophia
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$5,400
Cat in a Soho Window
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 91.4 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$5,115
Barcelona Children's Museum II
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$5,115
Dolce Vita 17
Aimee Hillman
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$2,403
Dolce Vita 16
Aimee Hillman
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$2,403
Dolce Vita 13
Aimee Hillman
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$2,403
Nature Reborn Red
Cecile Gonne Victoria
Painting - 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$853
High Line Passerelle vers tous les possibles
Cecile Gonne Victoria
Painting - 80 x 80 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,876
Sci-Fi Library (Artist Proof Edition 5)
Lucio Forte
Print - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$101
Energy Self-sufficient House A22
Lucio Forte
Print - 28 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print - 11 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$114
Le banc public devant la ville - série vision du monde
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$455
Le banc public à Paris - série vision du monde
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$455
Le banc public devant le pont d'Avignon - série vision du monde
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$455
HACHIOJI’S NOCTURNAL WHISPERS : JOURNEY TO THE SUBLIME
Hiro Ando
Painting - 90 x 112 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 44.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,115
Purple Twilight Ballet : Orchids and Shadows in Battle Symphony
Hiro Ando
Painting - 80 x 107 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 42.1 x 2 inch
$4,547
109 BLOSSOMS IN BATTLE SYMPHONY : MIDNIGHT SONATA
Hiro Ando
Painting - 90 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$5,115
NOCTURNAL ECHOES OF SAMURAICAT : KOZOKUDORO HARMONY
Hiro Ando
Painting - 80 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$4,888
Traces juives du Liban
Sabyl Ghoussoub
Photography - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$682
Lakeside reflections
Anatoly Metlan
Painting - 65 x 85 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 33.5 x 1 inch
$5,600
View of Fribourg, Switzerland with the Saint-Nicolas cathedral
Kim En Joong
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$11,936
Retriever in poltrona verde
Samoré
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 33 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 13 x 0.2 inch
$739
La vie en transit
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$853
Vue en perspective : NYC
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$853
Au Lapin Agile
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$853
Golden Hour à la Porte de Brandebourg III
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$853
Domenica D'Agosto, Monochrome
Fred Borghesi
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,956
Renouveau sous l'orage : L'Oculus à l'heure dorée I
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$853
Vie en mouvement sous les arches du Tower Bridge I
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$853
Éphémère passage
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$853
Harmonie monochrome : Le Pont des Arts V
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$853
Williamsburg: Monochrome of the urban soul II
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$853
Bir-Hakeim : Lumière du jour, Éclat de nuit III
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$853
Bir-Hakeim : Lumière du Jour, Éclat de nuit II
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$853
Bir-Hakeim : Lumière du jour, Éclat de nuit I
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$853
N°5, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 50 x 62.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 24.6 x 0 inch
$1,364
Dialogue 06
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,364
Dialogue 02
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,364
Notre Dame de Paris III
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$853
Notre Dame de Paris II
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$853
Old village on the rock - Tuscany landscape painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,023
N°1, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,705
Dialogue 01
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 50 x 62.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 24.6 x 0 inch
$1,364
Old farmhouses - Tuscany painting landscape
Andrea Borella
Painting - 100 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$966
Space granduncle’s house dining room and kitchen colour
Raffaella
Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,217
Space grandfather Wang’s house garden colour
Raffaella
Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,217
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!