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Muchos deseos de estar
Emilio Cardona
Painting - 80 x 107 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 42.1 x 1.6 inch
$5,408
Muchos deseos de ir
Emilio Cardona
Painting - 70 x 117 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 46.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,866
Capri romantic sunset - Southern Italy painting + handmade frame gold leaf white background
Silvio Valli
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$481
Positano terrace with flowers - Southern Italy painting + handmade frame gold leaf blue background
Silvio Valli
Painting - 20 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$356
Un dandy à Paris - ref BDNW11484
Janie Michels
Painting - 100 x 81 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch
$5,602
Palazzo Veneziano
Dimitri Bourriau
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$5,262
Flying Carousel
Dimitri Bourriau
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$5,262
La multitude déchue (dessin n° 13)
Peter Gnass
Fine Art Drawings - 78 x 53.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.7 x 20.9 x 0.1 inch
$4,413
Quartier de Villanova centre historique de Cagliari
Serge Salis
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$509
Elephant Theater
Dimitri Bourriau
Photography - 80 x 120 x 5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$4,300
Macciareddu zone indistrielle
Serge Salis
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$453
Quartier de la Tour d' Elephant1
Serge Salis
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$339
Fontaine de Tophane
Serge Salis
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$453
Pont de Galata
Serge Salis
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$453
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Neal Turner
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$419
Andy Warhol with silver balloons at the roof of Chelsea Hotel, NY
Hervé Gloaguen
Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,546
Primitive no. 5
David Umemoto
Sculpture - 30.5 x 27.9 x 30.5 cm Sculpture - 12 x 11 x 12 inch
$3,961
Window on Amalfi - Italian seaside painting
Domenico Caiazza
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$356
Terrace with flowers - Capri seaside painting
Domenico Caiazza
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$356
Les docks de Brooklyn
André Boubounelle
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$14,145
Biarritz - La grande plage #4
Didier Fournet
Photography - 130 x 180 x 1 cm Photography - 51.2 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch
$8,940
South Carolina 001. The Ameriguns.
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,413
Texas 001. The Ameriguns. (1)
Gabriele Galimberti
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$4,413
Dans l'or des cimes
René Margotton
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,716
Village en août
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 43 x 43 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16.9 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,132
Dreaming of flying
Leo Bengtson
Painting - 90 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$6,790 $6,111
Relax...take it easy
Leo Bengtson
Painting - 130 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 2 inch
$6,790 $6,111
Forst Shelf M graphite with Carrara
Un'common
Design - 18 x 80 x 20 cm Design - 7.1 x 31.5 x 7.9 inch
$475
Forst Shelf M cognac with Carrara
Un'common
Design - 18 x 80 x 20 cm Design - 7.1 x 31.5 x 7.9 inch
$475
FORST Shelf M natural with Carrara
Un'common
Design - 18 x 80 x 20 cm Design - 7.1 x 31.5 x 7.9 inch
$475
FORST Shelf S cognac with Nero Marquina
Un'common
Design - 18 x 40 x 20 cm Design - 7.1 x 15.7 x 7.9 inch
$328
FORST Shelf S graphite with Carrara
Un'common
Design - 18 x 40 x 20 cm Design - 7.1 x 15.7 x 7.9 inch
$328
Forst Shelf S graphite with Carrara
Un'common
Design - 18 x 40 x 20 cm Design - 7.1 x 15.7 x 7.9 inch
$328
Italian Church
Olga Korneeva
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$102
The Holy Sepulchre - limited edition of 33
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$406
Architecture II
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 102 x 152 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40.2 x 59.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,942
Top agent Riviera luxury real estate - La meilleure agent immobilier de luxe de la Côte d'Azur
Frank Eric Zeidler
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$249
The little park where I waited every day - Le petit parc où j'attendais chaque jour
Frank Eric Zeidler
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$249
She sure knows how to keep them waiting - On peut dire qu'elle sait se faire attendre
Frank Eric Zeidler
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$249
The one room hotel - L'hôtel qui n'avait qu'une chambre
Frank Eric Zeidler
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$249
House in the wilderness
One KBCA
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.101 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$407
Glass House
Tanner Rhines
Fine Art Drawings - 75.2 x 101.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.6 x 40 inch
$33,949
Rue arrosée (d'après une photo de Vivian Maier)
Barthélémy Amoros
Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.9 x 3.5 inch
$453
To Love Again
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.9 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.75 inch
$1,800
Fluorescent landscape
John Andreas Godwin
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$447
New York. Taxi jaune et les twin towers. Amérique du Nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,471
Escaliers de Montmartre
Bernadette Broussal
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$453
Perspective avec voitures
Bernadette Broussal
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$453
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!