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Il ritorno della signora A.
Sergio Ceccotti
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Una fumata di pipa
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
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The Old Town Square
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 5.1 x 0 inch
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Childhood dreams-64
Abgar Khachatryan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Childhood dreams-61
Abgar Khachatryan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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The Magnolia’s Breeze Of Maisel Synagogue
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
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The Magnolia’s Dream Of The Old Town
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
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The Magnolia’s Breeze Of The Maisel Synagogue
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 8.3 x 0 inch
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The Magnolia’s Breeze Of the Old Town
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 8.3 x 0 inch
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Flowering on baroque gate - Italian painting
Giuseppe Landi
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Arquitectura del alma XIV
Martínez Buades Ramón
Painting - 200 x 200 x 3.5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.4 inch
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Alba, la prima luce che entra in paese
Mauro Tròlese
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Cafe in the Favela
Barry Cawston
Photography - 90 x 69 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
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Tulips in Holland
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
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On the other side
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
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XX150150
Pierre Muckensturm
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
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28 Millimètres, Women Are Heroes - Swimming Pool, Intercontinental Hotel, Verticale, Monrovia, Liberia
JR
Print - 98 x 72 cm Print - 38.6 x 28.3 inch
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Sicily 17, Google Earth Landscapes Series
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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Nailed it Series No.62
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 68.6 x 129.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 27 x 51 x 2 inch
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Childhood dreams-60
Abgar Khachatryan
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 617
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,300
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 518
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$4,200
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 607
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 67.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26.6 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$3,200
La Puerta Al Jardín Secreto. From the Iberia series
Celia Rogge
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$8,250
Goethe's Farbenspiel. From the Poetic Enfilades series
Celia Rogge
Photography - 182.9 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 72 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$9,875
Portes De Salon Rouge. From the Schinkel Enfilades - Interiors Series
Celia Rogge
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$8,250
Close as a dream
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 90 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$828
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 507
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,300
Swim-in-Pool Supply Co. (Film Rebate), Las Vegas, Nevada
Richard Heeps
Photography - 80 x 63.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25 x 0 inch
$927
Sous le pont du Carrousel
Jeong Min Lee
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$101
New York City Rain #7
Marco Barberio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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La tour Eiffel XL
Ariel Elizondo Lizarraga
Sculpture - 32 x 19 x 18 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.5 x 7.1 inch
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Dreaming on the Bookshef
Alexandr Klemens
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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Burnt hands, tanned feet
Rob Tucker
Painting - 140 x 160 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 63 x 1.2 inch
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Flowering in the countryside - Tuscany painting landscape & frame
Claudio Pallini
Painting - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Borgo Toscano - Tuscany painting landscape & frame
Claudio Pallini
Painting - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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La Place Nationale (Vue 3)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
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San Francisco Golden Bridge
Vianney
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Village and flowery vineyard - Tuscany landscape painting + frame
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Village with flowering - Tuscany landscape painting + frame
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Vineyard with red poppies - Tuscany landscape painting + frame
Bruno Chirici
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Tungsten Tuesdays
Barry Cawston
Photography - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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North. Sunset in Henningsvær
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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White night at the edge of the world.
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
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Heart Painter
Bernard Saint-Maxent
Sculpture - 100 x 30 x 10 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 11.8 x 3.9 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!