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Vue sur les toits Paris (vue 1)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Les dimanches matin
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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La Place Nationale de Montauban (vue 1)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Archeology of the feelings
Vasil Vasilev-Vaso
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Worker Palissade
Jean-Jacques Mancardi
Sculpture - 71 x 23 x 17 cm Sculpture - 28 x 9.1 x 6.7 inch
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Quelque Part
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Monte Compatri view
Renato Guttuso
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 51 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 20.1 x 0 inch
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Bici
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Bonbon de mon enfance
Florent Touchot
Painting - 92 x 65 x 5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 2 inch
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On The Lookout Fine Art Print
Mariah Birsak
Print - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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Distorted Landscape 1
Silvia Popova
Painting - 96 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 37.8 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
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Ti aspetterò per tutti la vita
Moi.
Painting - 73 x 110 x 1.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 43.3 x 0.6 inch
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Triptyque II
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
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Institut II
Michaël Brack
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 26 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.2 x 0 inch
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Jacques Grange apartment, Paris
Ilina Mustafina
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 28 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 11 x 0.2 inch
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Die Olympischen Ringe (The Olympic Rings)
Leni Riefenstahl
Photography - 49.8 x 37.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.625 x 14.75 x 0.1 inch
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Le rideau rouge
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
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Nemours, Le château et les bords du Loing
Bernard Buffet
Print - 92 x 136 x 2 cm Print - 36.2 x 53.5 x 0.8 inch
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La vie est belle
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 150 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Le Pavillon de la Muette #2
Georges Rousse
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 76 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
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Le pavillon de la muette #1
Georges Rousse
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 76 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
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Nantes #2
Georges Rousse
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 64 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.2 x 1.6 inch
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L'isle aux couleurs magiques
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 162 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
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Cathédrale de Reims II
Pauline De Cabarrus
Painting - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
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Cathédrale de Reims
Pauline De Cabarrus
Painting - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
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Empire State
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Alumination Green and Red (diptyque)
Manolo Chretien
Photography - 90 x 120 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 inch
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Without title, glass house series
Ana Garcia
Painting - 27.5 x 35 x 3 cm Painting - 10.8 x 13.8 x 1.2 inch
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Le bercement des lueurs
Magali Trivino
Painting - 60 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15 x 0.8 inch
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Verona Ponte Pietra
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
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Dream Until It’s Your Reality
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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La femme en rouge
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Two red deadeyes
Patrick Chevailler
Painting - 45 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Abstract cityscape 1
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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Our lLove Was Born In Prague
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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New York blue night
Benoit Havard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Garden lll Painting
Mariah Birsak
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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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!