![Painting, Hello sun, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147449_1_grid.jpg)
Architecture
Save your search and find it in your favorites
Save your search to find it quickly
Saved search
Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches
Unsaved search
A problem occurred
![Painting, Hello sun, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147449_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Happy Sunny days, Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143737_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bretagne, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126061_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Come go with me, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1993041_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Project 10, Seyer Merzaie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1757931_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rue Moulinsart, Alexandre Granger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1689396_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Room Of Metamorphosis, Mariah Birsak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1246584_1_grid.jpg)
Room Of Metamorphosis
Mariah Birsak
Painting - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
Sold
![Painting, Le Rhône à Genève - Ma jolie (Ile Rousseau et Pont du Mont-Blanc), Percival Pernet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1095270_1_grid.jpg)
Le Rhône à Genève - Ma jolie (Ile Rousseau et Pont du Mont-Blanc)
Percival Pernet
Painting - 76 x 88 x 1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 34.6 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Painting, Multigenerational, Doug Smith](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1095087_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Chenille, Diane Rosaz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1064175_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, J'ai mes bretelles qui tombent, Diane Rosaz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1063707_1_grid.jpg)
J'ai mes bretelles qui tombent
Diane Rosaz
Painting - 101 x 76 x 4 cm Painting - 39.8 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
Sold
![Painting, Oui ! C'est bien moi, Diane Rosaz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1063524_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Domes and Roofs in Rome, Vittorio Paradisi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/731070_1_grid.jpg)
Domes and Roofs in Rome
Vittorio Paradisi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
Sold
![Painting, The pink house, Dolores Dilova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/720744_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Walls (I Muri), Paola Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/676254_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le condor, Jürg Kreienbühl](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/564307_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 2211, Jean-Paul Baret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/415420_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Happy Summer days, Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142703_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aiguilhe, La fontaine de Vibert, Alkaplan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2134759_1_grid.jpg)
Aiguilhe, La fontaine de Vibert
Alkaplan
Painting - 73 x 56 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 22 x 1 inch
Sold
![Painting, Be my baby, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660770_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, High hopes, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1632330_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Brume fondue, Rose Passalboni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1602849_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Romantisme enneigé, Rose Passalboni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1602810_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Take the plunge, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1561458_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A agreeable afternoon, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1542849_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Requiem pour un piano N°75, Romain Thiery](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514673_1_grid.jpg)
Requiem pour un piano N°75
Romain Thiery
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Requiem pour un piano N°2, Romain Thiery](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514265_1_grid.jpg)
Requiem pour un piano N°2
Romain Thiery
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Requiem pour un piano N°10, Romain Thiery](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514253_1_grid.jpg)
Requiem pour un piano N°10
Romain Thiery
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Requiem pour pianos 93, Romain Thiery](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514241_1_grid.jpg)
Requiem pour pianos 93
Romain Thiery
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Requiem pour pianos 4, Romain Thiery](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1513770_1_grid.jpg)
Requiem pour pianos 4
Romain Thiery
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Photography, Requiem pour pianos 28, Romain Thiery](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1513155_1_grid.jpg)
Requiem pour pianos 28
Romain Thiery
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Print, Castle Ruins, Jeff Gillette](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1423467_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La villa bleue, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1267161_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Passerelle 1, Anna Novika](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1061616_1_grid.jpg)
Passerelle 1
Anna Novika
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
![Painting, Landscape, Andranik Harutyunyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156105_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nostalgic beach, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149909_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Retro cityscape, Andranik Harutyunyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981998_1_grid.jpg)
Retro cityscape
Andranik Harutyunyan
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
Sold
![Painting, Un record de París, Josep Moscardó](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1918638_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Safed 4/5, Tobia Ravà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687467_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plaça Mercadal, Reus II, Josep Moscardó](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1376679_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, A breather, Gabrielle Rul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1376616_1_grid.jpg)
A breather
Gabrielle Rul
Fine Art Drawings - 54 x 48 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.3 x 18.9 x 0 inch
Sold
![Painting, The kiss, Svetla Koseva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1334334_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Passeig de Gracia, Josep Moscardó](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1036053_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vieille ville et Cathédrale Saint Pierre, Genève, Sergio Cecchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/692382_1_grid.jpg)
Vieille ville et Cathédrale Saint Pierre, Genève
Sergio Cecchi
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
Sold
![Painting, La Madeleine, Sergio Cecchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/692289_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Place du Bourg-De-Four, Genève, Sergio Cecchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/678789_1_grid.jpg)
Place du Bourg-De-Four, Genève
Sergio Cecchi
Painting - 43 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 16.9 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
![Painting, Place du Molard, Sergio Cecchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/666027_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Celebration, Harouna Ouedraogo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/520991_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ni vu ni connu, Harouna Ouedraogo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/520262_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Whisper, Harouna Ouedraogo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/520253_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ateliers, Patrick Bastardoz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/39836_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans Titre, Harouna Ouedraogo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/314890_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 75006, Gabrielle Rul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142452_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
Sold
![Painting, Pony Club, Ellie Hesse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1910433_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Trautes, Nina Lanner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356156_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Heritage, Nelli Tsenova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1335612_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 14P1832263, Pierre Muckensturm](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1264575_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jusqu’au matin, Gabrielle Rul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1186239_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Three Stars Vibrafusion, Nikolay Deliyanev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/681198_1_grid.jpg)
The Three Stars Vibrafusion
Nikolay Deliyanev
Painting - 150 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
Sold
![Painting, Neurones Miroirs 3, B.AX](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/431601_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Monkey, Shen Yongji](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/279325_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cable Car America - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print, Alain Le Garsmeur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1603851_1_grid.jpg)
Cable Car America - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
Sold
![Painting, Village de nuit, Hervé Le Bis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1405866_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo MK, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/772431_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les Terreaux Du Temple, Percival Pernet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/679908_1_grid.jpg)
Les Terreaux Du Temple
Percival Pernet
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
Sold
![Painting, La piscine du Vallon des Auffes, Sébastien Arcouet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128345_1_grid.jpg)
La piscine du Vallon des Auffes
Sébastien Arcouet
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
![Painting, Versailles, 12/05/2016, 18h28, Evgeniya Buravleva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1770297_1_grid.jpg)
Versailles, 12/05/2016, 18h28
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 85 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
Sold
![Painting, Somewhere in the time V, Plamen Kirilov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1069266_1_grid.jpg)
Somewhere in the time V
Plamen Kirilov
Painting - 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
Sold
![Painting, Secret Garden, Madonna Phillips](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052436_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pathways, Madonna Phillips](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Breakthrough I, Mixed Media Abstract Painting, Madonna Phillips](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052202_1_grid.jpg)
Breakthrough I, Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Madonna Phillips
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 inch
Sold
![Painting, A Sense of Place Triptych Mixed Media, Abstract Painting, Madonna Phillips](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052169_1_grid.jpg)
A Sense of Place Triptych Mixed Media, Abstract Painting
Madonna Phillips
Painting - 30.5 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 12 x 36 x 2 inch
Sold
![Painting, Croix De Rozon, Alexandre Blanchet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/776628_1_grid.jpg)
Croix De Rozon
Alexandre Blanchet
Painting - 55 x 37.5 x 1.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 14.8 x 0.6 inch
Sold
![Painting, Grand Bazar, Gaia du Rivau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/53162_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Menthe fraîche, Gaia du Rivau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/282376_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Côte de l'estuaire, Alexei Lantsev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012817_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le retour au quartier Latin, Pierre Allard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1943001_1_grid.jpg)
Le retour au quartier Latin
Pierre Allard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
![Print, Artist´s Hand Mechanatomy (ice), Ardif](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536246_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Venecia, Allende](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1383681_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gondola, Allende](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1381869_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ventana al mar, Alejandra Caballero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1203150_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Brooklyn Bridge from the New York, New York Portfolio, Robert Indiana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1137945_1_grid.jpg)
Brooklyn Bridge from the New York, New York Portfolio
Robert Indiana
Print - 77.5 x 58.4 cm Print - 30.5 x 23 inch
Sold
![Painting, Pool XLII, Dorine van der Ploeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1121955_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pool XLI, Dorine van der Ploeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1121952_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pool XL, Dorine van der Ploeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1121949_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Little house, Olga Novokhatska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/62802_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La solitude, Raymond Berthelot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046417_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, East River, Jean Moiras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/198784_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, White Dog in the Interior, Tinatin Chkhikvishvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927845_1_grid.jpg)
White Dog in the Interior
Tinatin Chkhikvishvili
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
Sold
![Photography, Peint station, Olivier Liégent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/17156_1_grid.jpg)
Peint station
Olivier Liégent
Photography - 51 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 20.1 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
Sold
![Painting, The Moon Flight, Kirill Postovit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1581132_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ballade nocturne, Jean-Pierre Lorand](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356654_1_grid.jpg)
Ballade nocturne
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
Sold
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!