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![Print, Abbatiale St Pons, Nice, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1973658_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Arc en ciel, Dominique Appia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198792_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Saint-Tropez, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1366926_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Bain II, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1418328_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sensuelle, Lutfi Romhein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/617430_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Syon House, Christopher Simon Sykes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/886173_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Birth II, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512078_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bleu ( portrait ), Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/863028_1_grid.jpg)
Bleu ( portrait )
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.04 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€700
![Photography, Breakable, Cécile Baldewyns](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/562777_1_grid.jpg)
Breakable
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.04 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,100
![Photography, Houghton Hall, Christopher Simon Sykes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/886338_1_grid.jpg)
Houghton Hall
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
€2,100
![Print, Extases, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137973_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Home alone 1, Wande Oseni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1768704_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Inception II, Yang Wang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1727454_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Inception I, Yang Wang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1727448_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Yesterday’s Here, Mark Kostabi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1109016_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loophole with a View, Mark Kostabi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1109010_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Eternal City, Mark Kostabi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1109007_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Vitruvian man-made (print), Imbue](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1079712_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Boccaccio / Certaldo, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897009_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La parade de la tentation, Lionel Morateur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/513431_1_grid.jpg)
La parade de la tentation
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
€1,500
![Photography, La chute d'Icare, Lionel Morateur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/501188_1_grid.jpg)
La chute d'Icare
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
€1,000
![Photography, Fenêtre sur elle, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/662025_1_grid.jpg)
Fenêtre sur elle
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€790
![Photography, L.A. Modern life, Fabien Novarino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/965712_1_grid.jpg)
L.A. Modern life
Fabien Novarino
Photography - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€990
![Photography, Summer In Monaco - 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/871887_1_grid.jpg)
Summer In Monaco - 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
€3,550
![Photography, Plantation Cocoyer - 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/871143_1_grid.jpg)
Plantation Cocoyer - 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
€3,550
![Painting, SENSUAL DOLLS IN CUBIC HARMONY : AZURE TEMPTATIONS, Aya Toshikawa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/439512_1_grid.jpg)
SENSUAL DOLLS IN CUBIC HARMONY : AZURE TEMPTATIONS
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 50 x 50 x 50 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
€5,000
![Photography, Tender Touch, Garik Avanesian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1380804_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Movement, Garik Avanesian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1380291_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, TV show, Ifig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1937451_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La pyramide, Raymond Berthelot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172930_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, De divines taches de peintures se révèlent en un divin art pris sur peau de banane jaunie, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/312301_1_grid.jpg)
De divines taches de peintures se révèlent en un divin art pris sur peau de banane jaunie
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 5.9 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Les invertueuses XX, Hastaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/851535_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les invertueuses, Hastaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/851523_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les invertueuses XVI, Hastaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/851499_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les invertueuses XIII, Hastaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/851490_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les invertueuses VI, Hastaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/851484_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, She'll send you thousands of sheeps to count at night, Gabrielle Rul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085126_1_grid.jpg)
She'll send you thousands of sheeps to count at night
Gabrielle Rul
Painting - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
€800
![Photography, Panoptique, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145042_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les colonnes n°2, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102181_1_grid.jpg)
Les colonnes n°2
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, Variations sur béton n°1, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102118_1_grid.jpg)
Variations sur béton n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€500
![Photography, Les colonnes n°1, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2099694_1_grid.jpg)
Les colonnes n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€2,900
![Photography, Knole House Statue, Christopher Simon Sykes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/886203_1_grid.jpg)
Knole House Statue
Christopher Simon Sykes
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
€635
![Painting, Christ in Totora III, Iván Castellón Quiroga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1069983_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Christ in Totora II, Iván Castellón Quiroga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1069980_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cheminements lunaires 3, Michèle Magnien (Mileg)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1103991_1_grid.jpg)
Cheminements lunaires 3
Michèle Magnien (Mileg)
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€690
![Photography, Reconnaissance, Maximilien Diaz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1679535_1_grid.jpg)
Reconnaissance
Maximilien Diaz
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
€800
![Photography, Premonition of the Apocalypse, Michael K. Yamaoka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/969873_1_grid.jpg)
Premonition of the Apocalypse
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.1 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.04 inch
€4,366
![Photography, Extraction n°2, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152683_1_grid.jpg)
Extraction n°2
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€2,900
![Painting, Graphie Fleurie, Corine Lescop](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700566_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I feel you, Marc Tassell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/636921_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rue Lanmorin, Nicolas Boutruche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/315280_1_grid.jpg)
Rue Lanmorin
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 40 x 180 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
€4,600
![Photography, Introspection at the Pantheon, Michael K. Yamaoka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/969918_1_grid.jpg)
Introspection at the Pantheon
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.04 inch
€4,366
![Sculpture, La gitane, Dominique Mückli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/437436_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Empire, SupaKitch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1453071_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Les gradins n°2, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152658_1_grid.jpg)
Les gradins n°2
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€450
![Photography, Les gradins n°1, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149824_1_grid.jpg)
Les gradins n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€450 €405
![Photography, Les colonnes n°3, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123562_1_grid.jpg)
Les colonnes n°3
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€200
![Fine Art Drawings, Neve, Pauline Di Valentin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002902_1_grid.jpg)
Neve
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Painting, Women story N°1549, Sahar Salehi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1962474_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bain de soleil, Nicolas Boutruche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700493_1_grid.jpg)
Bain de soleil
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
€6,300
![Photography, Gynécée, Nicolas Boutruche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700484_1_grid.jpg)
Gynécée
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
€6,300
![Photography, Marie-Antoinette, Nicolas Boutruche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700403_1_grid.jpg)
Marie-Antoinette
Nicolas Boutruche
Photography - 140 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 55.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
€6,900
![Print, La Maîtresse, Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1946910_1_grid.jpg)
La Maîtresse
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€299
![Painting, Good luck, Boy, Gabrielle Rul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741362_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le paravent, Thierry Van Quickenborne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1604046_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Catharsis n°1, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095551_1_grid.jpg)
Catharsis n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€450 €405
![Sculpture, La grappe de la terre promise, monument maquette, Ivan Theimer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1611165_1_grid.jpg)
La grappe de la terre promise, monument maquette
Ivan Theimer
Sculpture - 28 x 16 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11 x 6.3 x 4.3 inch
€12,000
![Photography, Les colonnes n°1, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2121792_1_grid.jpg)
Les colonnes n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€200
![Photography, Variations sur béton n°5, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102169_1_grid.jpg)
Variations sur béton n°5
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€225 €203
![Photography, Variations sur béton n°4, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102127_1_grid.jpg)
Variations sur béton n°4
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€325 €293
![Photography, Time travel, Rob Woodcox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137028_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les danseurs au clair de lune, Lionel Morateur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027586_1_grid.jpg)
Les danseurs au clair de lune
Lionel Morateur
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€275
![Painting, Old Town, George Maskharashvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1359009_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Catharsis n°2, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168671_1_grid.jpg)
Catharsis n°2
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€150
![Photography, Variations sur béton n°6, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136348_1_grid.jpg)
Variations sur béton n°6
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€150
![Painting, Burçu & Istanbul, Serge Salis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1384167_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La chambre, Joss Uñac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1109541_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Phantom of the Opera, Yang Wang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052811_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Figure Collection : Light version, Leni Smoragdova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885492_1_grid.jpg)
Figure Collection : Light version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 150.1 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
![Photography, Figure Collection : Light version, Leni Smoragdova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885417_1_grid.jpg)
Figure Collection : Light version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 150.1 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
![Photography, Figure Collection : Light version, Leni Smoragdova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885252_1_grid.jpg)
Figure Collection : Light version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 150.1 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
![Photography, Figure Collection : Light Version, Leni Smoragdova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885177_1_grid.jpg)
Figure Collection : Light Version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 100.1 x 150.1 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€2,300
![Photography, Figure Collection : Dark version, Leni Smoragdova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885135_1_grid.jpg)
Figure Collection : Dark version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 80 x 100.1 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,150
![Photography, Figure Collection : Dark version, Leni Smoragdova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885078_1_grid.jpg)
Figure Collection : Dark version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 100.1 x 59.9 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,150
![Photography, Figure Collection : Dark Version, Leni Smoragdova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884907_1_grid.jpg)
Figure Collection : Dark Version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 100.1 x 100.1 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,150
![Photography, Le Mur, Luz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/468715_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Waiting for You, Nguyen Minh Nam](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1317600_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, NL #46, Charles Weber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1081278_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Un monde de contradiction, Florence Le Van](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1409700_1_grid.jpg)
Un monde de contradiction
Florence Le Van
Photography - 25 x 19 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 7.5 x 0.4 inch
€400
![Painting, N° 991 Etroits sont les vaisseaux., R. Cavalié](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1531311_1_grid.jpg)
N° 991 Etroits sont les vaisseaux.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€500
![Painting, Air castle, Gosha Ostretsov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136213_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Party at the Eiffel Tower, inspired by Delaunay, Catherine Clare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2146448_1_grid.jpg)
Party at the Eiffel Tower, inspired by Delaunay
Catherine Clare
Print - 115 x 50 x 3 cm Print - 45.3 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,200 €1,080
![Painting, N° 109 Baalbek. Temple de Vénus 2., R. Cavalié](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1286691_1_grid.jpg)
N° 109 Baalbek. Temple de Vénus 2.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2.4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.9 inch
€600
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!