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Los Angeles beach
Yaroslav Yasenev
Painting - 160 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€3,400
Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€110
Le Grand Geroldseck 1
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€190
X-Y Building Facade OP.6, NO.4
Is Wang
Photography - 120 x 54 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 21.3 x 1.6 inch
€2,500
X-Y Building Facade OP.6, NO.3
Is Wang
Photography - 120 x 45 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch
€2,500
Paris en rêve / Paris in dreams
Peter Stilton
Painting - 72.5 x 43 x 1 cm Painting - 28.5 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch
€2,750
Tomb of the Emperor Hoomaoon
Felice Beato
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 cm Photography - 20 x 30 inch
€220
Pink Champagne Ceiling
Philip A. Harrington
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 cm Photography - 20 x 30 inch
€255
Le pin aux cigales
Michèle Delimeux
Painting - 92 x 73 x 5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 2 inch
€2,100
Sculpture polyptyquement incorrecte
Christian Lignais
Sculpture - 74 x 81 x 26 cm Sculpture - 29.1 x 31.9 x 10.2 inch
€19,000
Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 48
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Une page d’histoire…
Maylis Bourdet
Painting - 118 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€2,860
L'Allier à Pont-du-Château - Paysage de Rivière du Puy-de-Dôme
Danièle Badet
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€190
Boats on the Horizon
Slava Brodinsky
Painting - 76 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,414
Naissance Soleillonautes 1969, Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Naissance Soleillonautes montage, Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Naissance Soleillonaute Tête, Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Naissance d'un Soleillonaute, Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Soleillonautes, New Stonehenge
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Moon Shin Totem Noir au blanc, Barcarès construction
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
13 lames d' acier. sm 764
Jean-Paul Boyer
Sculpture - 80 x 60 x 60 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 23.6 x 23.6 inch
€4,800
Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Fumio Otani
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Sculpture, Musée des Sables Barcarès
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Sculpture monumentale bois, Musée des Sables Barcarès
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Musée des Sables Barcarès
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Sculpture monumentale granit
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Gina Pane Pénétrable Bleue
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Gina Pane Pénétrable Bleue
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Sculpture mosaïque monumentale
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Sculpture
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Dieu Soleil d'Alicia MOÏ
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Szendy
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Sculpture pierre monumentale
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Sculpture monumentale
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Jacquot
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Jacquot
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Jacquot
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Tuan
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Les Polymorphes des Simonnet
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Klasen
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Musée des Sables
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Sculpteurs Solidaires 4
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Sculpteurs solidaires 3
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Feraud - Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,950
Comby et les visiteurs
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Roman by Craven 1970, Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Delphino - Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Coulentianos
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,900
Grossert Michael
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€2,900
Gina Pane - Musée des Sables 1970 Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€2,900
Camargo - Musée des Sables Barcarès
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 36 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 14.2 x 0 inch
€2,900
Camargo 2 Craven - Musée des Sables Barcarés
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€2,900
Camargo - Musée des Sables Barcarès
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€2,900
Les soleils d'Hiroshima
Gabriel Froget
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€6,000
A la recherche du temps perdu
Olir Romanelli
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€50
Breaking Through the Fog
Ellen Bradshaw
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.8 inch
€5,842
time is money
Jean-Jacques Mancardi
Sculpture - 47 x 24 x 15 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 9.4 x 5.9 inch
€3,800 €3,420
Identity
Fransie Malherbe Frandsen
Painting - 49 x 69 x 4 cm Painting - 19.3 x 27.2 x 1.6 inch
€2,503
New York 15
Jean-François Mollière
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€2,070
Incidence of light
Nel ten Wolde
Painting - 102 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,583
Little London - National Theatre
Michael Wallner
Print - 13 x 18 x 1 cm Print - 5.1 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch
€339
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!