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![Painting, Fontaine aux Muses, Carlo Maiolini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/517328_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La solitude, Raymond Berthelot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046417_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Checkered, Dyala Khodary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981263_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vienna, Irakli Chikovani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1980243_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Palm Springs Perspective II, Carrie Graber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1944819_1_grid.jpg)
Palm Springs Perspective II
Carrie Graber
Painting - 55.9 x 96.5 x 3.8 cm Painting - 22 x 38 x 1.5 inch
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![Painting, Llum de lluna, Àlex Prunés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1918707_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Carrer, Àlex Prunés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1918704_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I got you babe, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1632303_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les Voiliers, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1548834_1_grid.jpg)
Les Voiliers
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Carrer, Àlex Prunés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305519_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Medina, Topolino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1292400_1_grid.jpg)
Medina
Topolino
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Seafront, Àlex Prunés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1174833_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Corcovado, Cleverson de Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/903432_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Boteco’s favela, Cleverson de Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/903318_1_grid.jpg)
Boteco’s favela
Cleverson de Oliveira
Painting - 95 x 56 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 22 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Paysage enneigé, Vaclav Vojtech Novak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/889224_1_grid.jpg)
Paysage enneigé
Vaclav Vojtech Novak
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Pont des Bergues et son marché, Genève, Lucien Jaggi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/830067_1_grid.jpg)
Pont des Bergues et son marché, Genève
Lucien Jaggi
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Voiliers à quai en Normandie, Fernand Herbo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/803556_1_grid.jpg)
Voiliers à quai en Normandie
Fernand Herbo
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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![Sculpture, Street Vitrine 'Maison de la Presse', Benjamin Affagard aka Come](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/656073_1_grid.jpg)
Street Vitrine 'Maison de la Presse'
Benjamin Affagard aka Come
Sculpture - 38 x 37 x 7 cm Sculpture - 15 x 14.6 x 2.8 inch
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![Painting, Kitchen sink / moral support, Andrew Weir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/621399_1_grid.jpg)
Kitchen sink / moral support
Andrew Weir
Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.01 cm Painting - 18.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Les insouciants à Paris, Béatrice Coulibeuf-Espejo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/570168_1_grid.jpg)
Les insouciants à Paris
Béatrice Coulibeuf-Espejo
Painting - 45 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Les insouciants à Chicago - 2, Béatrice Coulibeuf-Espejo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/569808_1_grid.jpg)
Les insouciants à Chicago - 2
Béatrice Coulibeuf-Espejo
Painting - 45 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Les insouciants à Venise, Béatrice Coulibeuf-Espejo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/569787_1_grid.jpg)
Les insouciants à Venise
Béatrice Coulibeuf-Espejo
Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Composition à l'encre, André Marfaing](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/289963_1_grid.jpg)
Composition à l'encre
André Marfaing
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 19.7 inch
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![Sculpture, Liberty in the Center of it All … N.Y.C. DX, Charles Fazzino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972197_1_grid.jpg)
Liberty in the Center of it All … N.Y.C. DX
Charles Fazzino
Sculpture - 60.5 x 40.5 x 5 cm Sculpture - 23.8 x 15.9 x 2 inch
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![Painting, Rural yard, Mateos Sargsyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1970874_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Venus' birth, Evgeniya Buravleva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1185942_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les Rails du Coke, Docteur Bergman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1055334_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Printanier, Raluca Vulcan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/926949_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Etude Parisienne 7ème, Mathieu Dussaucy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/599910_1_grid.jpg)
Etude Parisienne 7ème
Mathieu Dussaucy
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Visiteurs, Edmond Li Bellefroid](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2099421_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, En balayant la cour du couvent, Rodolpho Tamanini Netto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098203_1_grid.jpg)
En balayant la cour du couvent
Rodolpho Tamanini Netto
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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![Sculpture, Liberty in the Center of it All … N.Y.C. Black and White PR, Charles Fazzino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972239_1_grid.jpg)
Liberty in the Center of it All … N.Y.C. Black and White PR
Charles Fazzino
Sculpture - 60.5 x 40.5 x 5 cm Sculpture - 23.8 x 15.9 x 2 inch
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![Painting, Janeiro, Leo Bengtson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1786536_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Una cruna sull’ago, Moi.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741398_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vue sur les toits (Vue 8), Marie France Garrigues](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1731804_1_grid.jpg)
Vue sur les toits (Vue 8)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, L'atelier du peintre, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660743_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Iron flat #2, Jean-Philippe Berger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1602621_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Docks orange, Francis L'Huillier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1544943_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Café L'Étincelle, Raluca Vulcan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1347618_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pont Alexandre III Automnal, Raluca Vulcan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1332468_1_grid.jpg)
Pont Alexandre III Automnal
Raluca Vulcan
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Lycée Massena, Omar Logang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1192875_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Passage Jacques Chirac à Nice, Omar Logang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1192872_1_grid.jpg)
Passage Jacques Chirac à Nice
Omar Logang
Painting - 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Café de Flore 3, Raluca Vulcan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1119618_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bistrot Marguerite, Raluca Vulcan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1119465_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La cabane dans les marécages, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1084596_1_grid.jpg)
La cabane dans les marécages
Bault
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Sensations and Adventures, Alec Cumming](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/969405_1_grid.jpg)
Sensations and Adventures
Alec Cumming
Painting - 152 x 152 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.8 x 59.8 x 1 inch
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![Sculpture, Simplicity 11, Bounoure & Genevaux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/935868_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ram Bagh Gateway, Felice Beato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896772_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le château de Glérolles et le Léman, Albert Duplain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/667317_1_grid.jpg)
Le château de Glérolles et le Léman
Albert Duplain
Painting - 55.5 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.9 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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![Sculpture, 53 attempts of greatness, Daniele Sigalot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515771_1_grid.jpg)
53 attempts of greatness
Daniele Sigalot
Sculpture - 110 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 43.3 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
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![Painting, London Pride, Ellie Hesse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156662_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 1970's New York, Ellie Hesse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156660_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Toits de Paris, Edmond Li Bellefroid](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098176_1_grid.jpg)
Toits de Paris
Edmond Li Bellefroid
Painting - 36.5 x 45.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14.4 x 17.9 x 0.2 inch
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![Design, Fossil, Lionel Le Coq](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1978767_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flatiron, Lluís Puiggrós](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536780_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vue du Musée d'Art Moderne, Marie France Garrigues](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1345554_1_grid.jpg)
Vue du Musée d'Art Moderne
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, My Little House, Bonnie Atlan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325028_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N687, Pierre Fillastre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1272447_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rue de l'Abreuvoir, Marie France Garrigues](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175424_1_grid.jpg)
Rue de l'Abreuvoir
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Le pont, François-Xavier de Boissoudy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/646407_1_grid.jpg)
Le pont
François-Xavier de Boissoudy
Painting - 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Le temple, François-Xavier de Boissoudy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/155875_1_grid.jpg)
Le temple
François-Xavier de Boissoudy
Painting - 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Little C, Max Baris](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1376757_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Maison et lilas en fleurs, Henri Dufaux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/827160_1_grid.jpg)
Maison et lilas en fleurs
Henri Dufaux
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Ruelle dans une ville avec vue sur l'église, Roger Lersy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/694182_1_grid.jpg)
Ruelle dans une ville avec vue sur l'église
Roger Lersy
Painting - 92.5 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
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![Sculpture, Chemin de vie III, Agnès K.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/664320_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Garder la Niak, Aurel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/442173_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Toits de Paris, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/336667_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, On the top of the world, Lucio Forte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2018106_1_grid.jpg)
On the top of the world
Lucio Forte
Painting - 100 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, VUE D'ATELIER, Kelkin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1943892_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Apartment 2, Julian Opie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1885752_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Notte Veneziana, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1648485_1_grid.jpg)
Notte Veneziana
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 117 x 125 x 1 cm Painting - 46.1 x 49.2 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Water Falling, Madonna Phillips](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052550_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rim City, Madonna Phillips](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052367_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nest I, Madonna Phillips](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052337_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A Delicate Balance Mixed Media Diptych, Abstract Painting, Madonna Phillips](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052139_1_grid.jpg)
A Delicate Balance Mixed Media Diptych, Abstract Painting
Madonna Phillips
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 2 inch
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![Sculpture, Arche Idéale, Sylvie Groud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/968322_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'Abbaye au Val de Joux, Fridolin Gaillard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/858438_1_grid.jpg)
L'Abbaye au Val de Joux
Fridolin Gaillard
Painting - 49 x 68 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.3 x 26.8 x 0.2 inch
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![Painting, La serre du Jardin des plantes, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/697170_1_grid.jpg)
La serre du Jardin des plantes
Bault
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Fraisse, Jacques Deperthes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/685083_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le retour d'Egypte, Jean Roll](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/666042_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Duplo chapel, Willibrord Nota](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/491236_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chapel nr 5, Willibrord Nota](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/483208_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Houaste, Geneviève Zylberman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/327223_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstractbooks, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123862_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Histoires sans nom, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2088081_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Wrapped Opera House - Project for Sydney, Christo and Jeanne-Claude](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803777_1_grid.jpg)
Wrapped Opera House - Project for Sydney
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 86.4 x 61.6 x 0.5 cm Print - 34 x 24.25 x 0.2 inch
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![Painting, Atelier 12, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1602069_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fives-font, Thomas Berthier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1594119_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kaak Kaak 2, Dyala Khodary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1591362_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lovers in red Porsche 911 Targa, Patrick Cornée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504776_1_grid.jpg)
Lovers in red Porsche 911 Targa
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Betty Boop Loves Bitcoins, Patrick Cornée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1450029_1_grid.jpg)
Betty Boop Loves Bitcoins
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, In the rays of the sun, Galina Kulaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1369965_1_grid.jpg)
In the rays of the sun
Galina Kulaga
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
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![Painting, Vue sur le lac depuis le vignoble, Paul Kutscha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1283769_1_grid.jpg)
Vue sur le lac depuis le vignoble
Paul Kutscha
Painting - 84 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 33.1 x 21.3 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!