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Grand hotel Budapest
Alexandar Inchovski
Painting - 117 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 46.1 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
€15,000
Camargue "Isolare"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
€850
Camargue "Blue Bus"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
€850
Inn with walker in the snow...
Rob van Assen
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€2,650
Fight for terrtory
Amarnath Sharma
Painting - 121.92 x 152.4 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1.2 inch
€3,323
Camargue "Isolare"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
€850
Grèce Cap Sounion Couple
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 55 x 70 cm Photography - 21.7 x 27.6 inch
€850
Marrakech - Donjon
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
€850
Gwada #8 - Street
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
€850
Habitación de hotel
Jose Ramón Campomanes
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€450
The attic stairs...
John Wassenaar
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,500
Eiffel Tower "The ladys"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€850
Projection on Sunset Pacific Motel (small model)
Vincent Lamouroux
Sculpture - 24 x 24 x 24 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 9.4 x 9.4 inch
€3,200
Le carré Victoria (beige)
Steddy John
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 6 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 2.4 inch
€150
LE CARRÉ VICTORIA (blanc)
Steddy John
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 6 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 2.4 inch
€150
Maison carrée
Coralie Honnorat
Photography - 22 x 34 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13.4 x 0 inch
€200
Paris, j'adore! with the Eiffel Tower
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 x 2 cm Painting - 10 x 8 x 0.8 inch
€469
Mystical Gothic Quarter. Barcelona
Dmitry Savchenko
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€2,100
View of Rijnsburg...
Leo van den Ende
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€3,000
View of Lisse...
Leo van den Ende
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
€4,500
Bulb fields Lisse...
Leo van den Ende
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€3,000
Les amoureux du château Canon - ref BDNW11483
Janie Michels
Painting - 60 x 73 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch
€4,950
Trouville, le balcon - ref BDNW11481
Janie Michels
Painting - 100 x 73 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch
€3,950
Ma chambre à Etretat - ref BDNW11478
Janie Michels
Painting - 100 x 73 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch
€3,950
Contemplation interrogative
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
Abstraction urbaine 3 (2)
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€2,200
Abstraction urbaine 2 (1)
Guillaume Chevallard
Photography - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
€2,200
The spirit of Ukraine Kamianets - Podilskyi
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€7,636
Spring in Kamyanets-Podolsk
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€9,545
Window Light
Tamalin Baumgarten
Painting - 30.48 x 40.64 x 3.81 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 1.5 inch
€2,638
Portal - Shadows are blue
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 21.5 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.5 x 8.5 x 0 inch
€450
Le lent déclin de la villa Murillo
Christophe Ronel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€5,500
San Xulian de Faro
Paco Ascón Callejo
Painting - 40 x 40 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
€454
Time stopped. - limited edition of 21
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€395
The city Innsbruck, architecture, Austria
Dmytro Bilous
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€100
Windows in a house
Dmytro Bilous
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€150
La nostalgie
Thierry Van Quickenborne
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
En destruction
Alban Garachon
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 27 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 10.6 inch
€400
Holiday. Eiffel Tower.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,300 €2,070
Etude pour Asphodèles n°1
Gaël Darras
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
€360
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!